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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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You searched for: “"aarts"

#Groep/POS*Naam/NameTussenVoorletters/InitialsDatum/DateVoorname, Sqd, etc*******WhichList*******NotesPhoto
1 KLu-NL-RAF-14A16AartsBernardus Maria1942-03-12Vn: Bernardus Maria - Dec: - Rang: Res Sgt Vl - Sqn: 3 SGR - Vl: Blackburn Botha Mk I L6314 - Crash site: 9 km NNE of Port Erin, Isle of Man, GB Crash cause: aircraft flew into the East face of Cronck-ny-Arrey-Lhaa mountain.
Killed with Res Sgt Vl B.M. Aarts, 12/3/1942, 9 km NNE of Port Erin, Isle of Man, GB, with Botha Mk. I Nr. L6314 of No. 3 SGR: 3. P/O. Leonard Dobson, Pilot, RAF VR 113417, age 21 – KIFA, buried Beeston and Stapleford Cemetery, Nottinghamshire, GB, grave AE/446 4. F/Sgt. Leonard Charles Storey, Pilot, RAF VR 928608, age 25 – KIFA, buried Cheshunt New Burial Ground, Hertfordshire, GB, grave H/L/38 5. P/O. John Albert Williams, Wop, RAF VR 112721, age 20 – KIFA, buried Hendon Cemetery, Middlesex, GB, grave J/2/52938 6. Ac2. William James Sidney Heap, Wop, RAF VR 1123746, age 26 – KIFA, buried Belfast Dundonald Cemetery, Ireland, grave A/2/230
Soesterberg LVA/KLu Group 3

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31 Course, 12 SFTS (Secondary Flying Training School), Grantham airfield. Aarts is on the far left, 2nd row from the front.

2 ML-KNIL BDAartsJ.M.1943-09-07Vn: Jacobus Marinus - Dec: - Rang: sgt. lvrt. - Sqn: - Vl: - Kuie Thailand- Birma spoorlijn.Outside Soesterberg ML-KNIL

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3 MLD BDAartsH.1942-03-08Vn: - Dec: - Rang: Militie matroos vliegtuigmaker - Sqn: - Vl: None - Ergens in NOI. vermist, omstandigheden onbekendOutside Soesterberg MLD

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