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		Bruinier		Jan Berend Hendrik		1Lt Kv Vl Wnr	RAF/FAA Aviators Surviving WW2	611, 92F. Three young pilots from the Dutch East Indies are 'chosen' in 1941 by Prince Bernhard to participate in an air war against the Germans. One of the first acts of war they carry out is an air raid on German positions on Walcheren (Zeeland). It becomes fateful for one of them. In the course of 1940, Prince Bernhard conceived the plan to purchase fighter aircraft, the hypermodern Spitfires. He wants Dutch pilots to cooperate with the RAF (Royal Air Force) to drive the Germans out of the Netherlands. The prince set up the Spitfire Fund (which would later develop into the Prince Bernhard Culture Fund) and purchased three Spitfires with it. Now pilots still have to arrive to operate the Spitfires. The prince no longer has people from the Dutch Air Force at his disposal, because the Netherlands is occupied, so he looks to the Dutch East Indies, where there is no war yet. Three young KNIL pilots are brought to England to receive a short training on the Spitfire: Jan Bruinier, Theo Buys and Bram Pennings. Their first major mission is an attack on German positions on Walcheren in Zeeland. That mission is fateful for one of the pilots (Pennings). Thanks to the reports of survivors and the extensive archive of the Wings to Victory foundation, the next of kin can find out exactly what happened decades later. A monument to the killed pilot has not been built in Zeeland: 'his monument is the sea', according to the relatives. His name is on the memorial for airmen at Soesterberg Air Force Base. In an episode of the Vertilde Verhalen podcast, Alexander van Iersel (grandson of Jan Bruinier), Pier Pennings (nephew of Bram Pennings) and Martien van Dijk (Wings to Victory) tell the story of the KNIL pilots, and thus prove to them the last honour.
2	ML-KNIL-NL-RAF-	Buijs (Buys)		Theodorus Franciscus André	1941-06-24	Vn: Theodorus Franciscus André - Dec: VK - Rang: 1Lt Vl Wnr MLD - Sqn: 611F - Vl: Spitfire Mk IIa R7349 - Crash site: Channel near Gravelines, Nord, F. Crash cause: shot down by enemy fighter .	All Casualties 1913-2009 All Soesteberg Soesterberg ML-KNIL Group 1	Loss Report Spitfire R7349 Three young pilots from the Dutch East Indies are 'chosen' in 1941 by Prince Bernhard to participate in an air war against the Germans. One of the first acts of war they carry out is an air raid on German positions on Walcheren (Zeeland). It becomes fateful for one of them. In the course of 1940, Prince Bernhard conceived the plan to purchase fighter aircraft, the hypermodern Spitfires. He wants Dutch pilots to cooperate with the RAF (Royal Air Force) to drive the Germans out of the Netherlands. The prince set up the Spitfire Fund (which would later develop into the Prince Bernhard Culture Fund) and purchased three Spitfires with it. Now pilots still have to arrive to operate the Spitfires. The prince no longer has people from the Dutch Air Force at his disposal, because the Netherlands is occupied, so he looks to the Dutch East Indies, where there is no war yet. Three young KNIL pilots are brought to England to receive a short training on the Spitfire: Jan Bruinier, Theo Buijs (Buys) and Bram Pennings. Their first major mission is an attack on German positions on Walcheren in Zeeland. That mission is fateful for one of the pilots (Pennings). Thanks to the reports of survivors and the extensive archive of the Wings to Victory foundation, the next of kin can find out exactly what happened decades later. A monument to the killed pilot has not been built in Zeeland: 'his monument is the sea', according to the relatives. His name is on the memorial for airmen at Soesterberg Air Force Base. In an episode of the Vertilde Verhalen podcast, Alexander van Iersel (grandson of Jan Bruinier), Pier Pennings (nephew of Bram Pennings) and Martien van Dijk (Wings to Victory) tell the story of the KNIL pilots, and thus prove to them the last honour. 1941 Group photo 611 Sqn pilots with parts of a Dornier 215 downed by the Sqn. Buijs: top row, 2nd from the left. (Courtesy oorlogsgravenstichting.nl)	Gravelines, Holland
3	ML-KNIL-NL-RAF-	Pennings		Abraham Efraim 'Bram'	1941-04-28	Vn: Abraham Efraim - Dec: - Rang: 2Lt Vl - Sqn: 611F - Vl: Spitfire Mk IIa P7774 - Crash site: Westerschelde river near Souburg, Zeeland, NL Crash cause: shot down by enemy fighter. 2Lt Vl, 611F Sqn, born Calioub, Egypte 15/05/1917, † North Sea near Souburg, NL, 28/04/1941	All Casualties 1913-2009 All Soesteberg Soesterberg ML-KNIL Group 1 Missing Over Sea	Loss Report Spitfire P7774 Abraham Efraim Pennings joined 92 Squadron on 14/04/1941 Three young pilots from the Dutch East Indies are 'chosen' in 1941 by Prince Bernhard to participate in an air war against the Germans. One of the first acts of war they carry out is an air raid on German positions on Walcheren (Zeeland). It becomes fateful for one of them. In the course of 1940, Prince Bernhard conceived the plan to purchase fighter aircraft, the hypermodern Spitfires. He wants Dutch pilots to cooperate with the RAF (Royal Air Force) to drive the Germans out of the Netherlands. The prince set up the Spitfire Fund (which would later develop into the Prince Bernhard Culture Fund) and purchased three Spitfires with it. Now pilots still have to arrive to operate the Spitfires. The prince no longer has people from the Dutch Air Force at his disposal, because the Netherlands is occupied, so he looks to the Dutch East Indies, where there is no war yet. Three young KNIL pilots are brought to England to receive a short training on the Spitfire: Jan Bruinier, Theo Buys and Bram Pennings. Their first major mission is an attack on German positions on Walcheren in Zeeland. That mission is fateful for one of the pilots (Pennings). Thanks to the reports of survivors and the extensive archive of the Wings to Victory foundation, the next of kin can find out exactly what happened decades later. A monument to the killed pilot has not been built in Zeeland: 'his monument is the sea', according to the relatives. His name is on the memorial for airmen at Soesterberg Air Force Base. In an episode of the Vertilde Verhalen podcast, Alexander van Iersel (grandson of Jan Bruinier), Pier Pennings (nephew of Bram Pennings) and Martien van Dijk (Wings to Victory) tell the story of the KNIL pilots, and thus prove to them the last honour.

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