Braggaar, Cornelis Carel
					
							
							
							  
								- Date of birth:
 
								- September 23rd, 1913 (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
 
							  
								- Date of death:
 
								- September 6th, 1944 (KZ Mauthausen, Austria)
 
							  
								- Buried on:
 
								- Memorial and Grave Victims Englandspiel
 
							  
								- Nationality:
 
								- Dutch
 
							  
							
						
					
					Biography
					
					Lieutenant Commander 3rd Class Royal Navy Special Services
Braggaar was sent as a secret agent as part of the 'Plan for Holland' and was dropped as a paratrooper over the occupied Netherlands during the night of 16 to 17 February 1943. On February 17 he was arrested by the occupiers.
					
					
					
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							- Period:
 - Second World War (1939-1945)
 - Rank:
  - Luitenant ter zee der 3e klasse 
 - Unit:
  - N Section, Special Operations Executive (SOE), British Government 
 - Awarded on:
  - June 6th, 1953
 - Awarded for:
 -  Operation Parsley
 
Royal decree no. 26 (posthumously awarded)
								
 
								
								 
								
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