This database assembles in one place information held in the several independent listings in the Rob Philips Memorial Archive. You can inspect any listing by referring to the Table of Contents. These listings were developed over a lengthy time by the Author and include the inevitable data repetition. The database brings to a single view all the entries in all the lists for each name, without requiring you to inspect each list separately. You can search on any name and discover in which of the lists he appears and additionally you can search for any term in any list. Note that because of limitations placed by our hosting service a minimum of 4 characters is normally required. However, we have enables ALL 3-character names to be found by adding 'x' to the name. Thus to find the name 'Vos', enter 'Vosx' in the search box. For 2-character names such as 'As' and 'Ot' add 'xx'.

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ABBREVIATIONS:KL = Koninklijke Landmacht = Royal Dutch Army • KLu = Koninklijke Luchtmacht = Royal Dutch Airforce • KM = Koninklijke Marine = Royal Dutch Navy • KMR = Koninklijke Marine • Reserve = Royal Navy Reserve • ML = Militaire Luchtvaart • MLD = Marine Luchtvaart Dienst • ML-KNIL = Militaire Luchtvaart KNIL or RNEIAF = Royal Netherlands East Indies Army Air Force (Dutch: Militaire Luchtvaart van het Koninklijk Nederlands-Indisch Leger) • MSD = Marine Stoomvaart Dienst • RNMFS = Royal Netherlands Military Flying School • RNNAS = Royal Netherlands Naval Air Service, also RDNAS for Dutch • NEI = Netherlands East Indies; 2TAF = 2 Tactical Air Force.

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1		Schaper		H		Pilot – POW DFC MWO Off Vl 1kl	Dutch RAF/FAA Aviators Landing At Sea
2		Schaper		Heije		Off Vl 1kl MWO4kl , DFC, ONL, OON, OHK; 320C Sqn; POW North Sea near Terschelling, dd. 30/05/1942, after the emergency landing of Hudson Mk. III AM939 NO-E 'Cheribon', shot down by a Flak ship. He was credited with one 2.500t cargo vessel sunk 7' North of Amelandergat, North Sea, NL, on 15/5/1942, and one 8.000t cargo vessel sunk near Terschelling on 30/5/1942. POW in Sagan, POW Nr. 384. His career led to the highest office in the Dutch Airforce, Chef van de Luchtmachtstaf. After his military career, he became secretary to the Minister of Defence. He died in 's-Gravenhage, 26/5/1996.	Dutch RAF/FAA Taken PoW	Schaper on left Swearing-in of ML pilots seconded to the Navy, probably at Pembroke Dock or Bircham Newton. (L-R) Jan Peetoom, Wilhelmus de Wolff; Adrianus Tigler Wibrandi, Johan Peter Engel van Riemsdijk, Dirk Jacobus Klink. The oath is taken by P/O Heye Schaper (right). Peetoom and Klink did not survive the war. Peetoom was killed on 1941-08-18 off Norwegian coast as pilot 320 Sqn. Klink died 1942-06-13 as Spitfire pilot in 118 Sqn at Ibsley airfield. (Courtesy oorlogsgravenstichting.nl)
3		Schaper		Heije		Off Vl 1kl	RAF/FAA Aviators Surviving WW2	320C

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