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| PERSONALIA |
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Rossum, van, August |
| Date of birth: | March 11th, 1916 (Soerabaja, Dutch East Indies)
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| Date of death: |
1989
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BIOGRAPHY:
With No. 502 Squadron, August van Rossum flew with a Handley Page Halifax bomber.
During a patrol over the Atlantic Ocean in the fall of 1943, three German U-boats were discovered. During the attack, Lieutenant van Rossum was able to place a near miss on one of the boats. An other one was sunk by a direct hit. For this he received high decorations.
Later van Rossum became the head of the Dutch Public Service with the Air Force and was occupied with public affairs concerning military aviation.
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VLIEGERKRUIS (VK)
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Reserve-Eerste Luitenant Vlieger (1st Lieutenant (Reserve))
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Unit:
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320 Squadron RDNAS
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Awarded on:
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January 6th, 1944
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Recommendation:
For having displayed, as pilot of Our Military Air Force, serving as Commanding Officer, initially with 320 Squadron RDNAS of our Naval Air Service and subsequently with Coastal Command of the RAF in the United Kingdom over a period of approximately twenty months, courage, perseverance, skill and tenacity on many long daylight and nighttime operational missions, having driven off enemy vessels and aircraft and having sunk an enemy submarine.
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Details:
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128th Award.
Royal Decree No. 8, dated 6th January 1944.
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| Picture source: |
- Museum 't Schilderhuis
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| Information source(s): |
- Meijer H.G., Vis R., Het Vliegerkruis, Voor initiatief, moed en volharding, De Bataafsche Leeuw, Amsterdam, 1997, ISBN 9067073474
- Nederlandse Onderscheidingen
- Museum 't Schildershuis
- Vlucht door de tijd, 75 jaar Nederlandse Lachtmacht, page 108
- Trouw - Krantenarchief 2004
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