Date of birth:

April 29th, 1921 (Semarang/Java, Dutch East Indies)

Date of death:

March 8th, 1945 (Waalsdorpervlakte-Wassenaar/Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands)

Buried on:

Dutch War Graves Noorderbegraafplaats Hilversum
Plot: 8. Row: 1. Grave: 34.

Service number:

4407

Nationality:

Dutch

Willem Frederik Hoogewerff lived in Hilversum at 45 Beethovenlaan with his parents. He was unmarried and a student of chemistry at the Technical High School in Delft. Under the pseudonym Wim Drop, he participated in the resistance and was known in Rotterdam resistance circles as “Indische Wim.” Wim served as a soldier in the Dutch army during the May days in 1940. After a difficult journey through Belgium, France and Italy, he reached England, where the Special Assignments Bureau trained him as an operator for the National KP. On Sept. 21, 1944, he and three others were dropped near Berkel (Mission Coursing). In Rotterdam, Hoogewerff taught about three hundred members of the resistance how to handle weapons and explosives as well as combat and sabotage techniques. Later he was given organizational tasks, but soon after he was arrested in the Schiekade 81 building by posting SDs. The previous day, this contact address had been found with the courier of marconist Richard Barmé (26-04-1923 Küllenhahn). After his arrest on Feb. 3, 1945, he made an attempt to shoot Otto Haubrock, a subordinate of counterintelligence chief Joseph Schreieder, with an undetected 12 mm Colt, but the German was able to extract the weapon from him. In retaliation for the attack on SS-Befehlshaber Hanns Albin Rauter on March 6, 1945 near Woeste Hoeve, he was shot. Along with Barmé, among others.

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

October 5th, 1944

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

2e Luitenant (Second Lieutenant)

Unit:

N Section, Special Operations Executive (SOE), British Government

Awarded on:

July 11th, 1947

Citation:
"After undergoing special training, 2/Lt. HOOGEWERFF was parachuted into enemy-occupied HOLLAND on 22 September 1944 as one of a party of four charged with the mission of contacting Resistance elements and organising their communications, equipment and training.
His task mainly comprised arms instruction and the organisation of airborne supplies. Those with whom he worked speak highly of him and of the work he performed in the particularly dangerous area of Rotterdam.
He carried out his duties in a completely satisfactory manner until 3 February 1945, when he was arrested my the enemy. He was executed by shooting on 8 March 1945.
I recommend that 2/Lieut. HOOGEWERFF be awarded a posthumous Certificate of Commendation."

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Tijd. res. 2e luitenant (Temporary Second Lieutenant of Reserves)

Unit:

N Section, Special Operations Executive (SOE), British Government

Recommendation:
For having distinguished himself by exceptionally courageous and tactful deeds in combat against the enemy as secret agent of the SOE in London. He was parachuted into occupied territory in mid-September 1944 and started working in Rotterdam as weapon instructor for resistance groups. He has instructed some 300 persons until he was arrested in February 1945 and subsequently executed.

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Dutch War Graves Noorderbegraafplaats Hilversum

Hilversum - North Holland