My Granddad on fathers side was serving in the Royal Netherlands Navy on a minelaying vessel when the war came to the Netherlands. After some missions they sailed first to Brest(France) and then on to the south of the UK. My Granddad was a carpenter/furniture maker by trade, so after his arrival in the UK he was quickly asigned to a RAF MU in the south. Patching up war weary Spitfires!! When the Dutch RAF units were formed he joined 320sq. For the remainder of the war he served in 320(dutch)sq , servicing first Ansons then Hudsons(wich he disliked) and finaly his big aeronautical love the, B-25.
After the war he stayed with the newly formed Marine Luchtvaart Dienst(Naval Air Service)and did several tours in the Dutch East Indies and the Dutch Antillies. He resigned from the Navy in 1964, proud to have worked on every type of naval aircraft wich served in his carreer!!
My other Granddad did some small resistance work in the north of occupied Holland and was put to work by the Nazis in a car maintannace depot.
I also had a granduncle who did some things not to be proud of during the war….
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