1944-01-16 The Loss of Gilles de Neve
Crash site: Hawkinge, Kent, GB
Crash cause: unknown flying accident; aircraft dived down from 9.000 ft.
Name |
Neve, Gilles Pieter Cornelis de
Hawkinge 050618 De Neve Aimee de Neve's text on the headstone reads: 'Forever and a day' 25 September 1943 Rust Zacht Lieveling. Aimee |
||||||
Rank |
Res 1Lt Vl, F/O., Pilot |
RAF VR 113891 |
|||||
Decorations |
None known |
||||||
Born |
12/6/1915 |
Place |
Buitenzorg, Java, NEI |
||||
Squadron |
RAF 322 (Dutch) Sqn Fighter Command |
Ops/hr |
|||||
Aircraft |
Spitfire Mk. Vb Nr. AD428 |
||||||
Base |
RAF Hawkinge, Kent, GB |
||||||
Mission |
Training, fighter affiliation with Typhoons |
||||||
Status |
KIA |
age |
28 |
||||
Killed |
16/1/1944 |
Place |
near RAF Hawkinge, Kent, GB |
||||
Buried |
20/1/1944 on Hawkinge Cemetery, Kent, GB, grave O/73 |
||||||
Known to |
OGS |
yes |
CWGC |
yes |
|||
Remarks |
Of the Van Lamsbergenstraat 22, The Hague. Trained in De Winton, Canada He was married to Aimee de Neve, of Hampstead, Hertfordshire, GB |
||||||
Memorial |
1. Vijfluik Loenen, Gelderland, NL
2. St. George's Chapel, Biggin Hill 3. Mill Hill Memorial Table, London, GB |
||||||
GB arrival |
Engelandvaarder. Departure 27/4/1941 from The Hague, arrival in GB shortly before 17/9/1941. He travelled the land route via France and Spain, and saw his measure of the Miranda de Ebro concentration camp in Spain. He finally reached Gibraltar, and sailed with Hr. Ms. O23 to England. Source: NA 2.09.06-3970 |
||||||
Data Confusion |
2. Crash site map
Map 51. Hawkinge, Kent, crash area of G. de Neve, 16/1/1944. The site has not been pinpointed.
At the going down of the sun, and in the morning we will remember them. - Laurence Binyon
All site material (except as noted elsewhere) is owned or managed by Aircrew Remembered and should not be used without prior permission.