The Great War website just pointed me to this amazing obituary of the late Bert van Sloten, published in today’s Guardian newspaper.
Apparently he was the only pilot to win both an Iron Cross and a DFC !
http://www.guardian.co.uk/otherlives/story/0,,1574057,00.html
By: ZRX61 - 21st September 2005 at 03:37
Also on the same page:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/obituaries/story/0,3604,1573092,00.html
By: JDK - 21st September 2005 at 01:42
KLM had both DC-3s and DC-2s in service in 1940. Fokker was the European agent for Douglas’ commercial aircraft.
Now if he’d escaped in a Dakota or C-47, that would have been clever!
By: steve_p - 20th September 2005 at 21:34
Could have been a DC.2.
Best wishes
Steve P
By: Snapper - 20th September 2005 at 20:22
vERY AMAZING. hE ISN’T IN MEN OF THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN, AND THE dUTCH SURELY WEREN’T FLYING dAKOTAS BEFORE THEN?
******* caps lock dammit.
By: Rlangham - 20th September 2005 at 18:43
Brilliant, how on earth did he down a Do 17 with a Dak though? Probably the only case of a Dakota bringing down an enemy aircraft, as far as i’m aware anyway. Sounds like an amazing chap, the world has lost another great man
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September 20, 2005 at 5:32 pm