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Archive Report: Allied Forces

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322 Squadron Crest
16.01.1944 No. 322 Squadron Spitfire Vb AD428 F/O. de Neve

Operation: Fighter affiliation

Date: 16th January 1944 (Sunday)

Unit: No. 322 Squadron (Dutch) (motto: Niet praten maar doen - 'Actions, not words')

Type: Spitfire Vb

Serial: AD428

Code: VL-?

Base: RAF Hawkinge, Kent

Location: Hawkinge

Pilot: F/O. Gilles Pieter Cornelis de Neve 113891 RAFVR Age 28. Killed

REASON FOR LOSS:

Cause of accident not established. Aircraft dived straight down from 9,000 ft during a Fighter affiliation with some Typhoons.

Burial details:

F/O. Gilles Pieter Cornelis De Neve. Hawkinge Cemetery. Plot O. Row 3. Grave 73. Born on the 12th June 1915 at Buitenzorg, Java, Indonesia, the son of Daisy Maud de Neve and husband of Aimee de Neve, of Hampstead, London, England. Grave inscription: 'For Ever And A Day, 25 September 1943. Rust Zacht, Lieveling. Aimee'. The date probably represents the date of his marriage to Aimee - translation: 'Rest In Peace, Darling'.

Researched and dedicated to the relatives of this pilot with thanks to the late Rob Philips who was a meticulous researcher into Dutch aviators who were listed as killed or missing during WW 2. We were entrusted to make his work available to be read by others before he passed away in 2010. This has been presented as 'Lost' his archive and can be seen here. More about Rob, the person here.

KTY/RP 14.01.2020

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Acknowledgements
Sources used by us in compiling Archive Reports include: Bill Chorley - 'Bomber Command Losses Vols. 1-9, plus ongoing revisions', Dr. Theo E.W. Boiten and Mr. Roderick J. Mackenzie - 'Nightfighter War Diaries Vols. 1 and 2', Martin Middlebrook and Chris Everitt - 'Bomber Command War Diaries', Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Tom Kracker - Kracker Luftwaffe Archives, Michel Beckers, Major Fred Paradie (RCAF) and MWO François Dutil (RCAF) - Paradie Archive (on this site), Jean Schadskaje, Major Jack O'Connor USAF (Retd.), Robert Gretzyngier, Wojtek Matusiak, Waldemar Wójcik and Józef Zieliński - 'Ku Czci Połeglyçh Lotnikow 1939-1945', Archiwum - Polish Air Force Archive (on this site), Anna Krzystek, Tadeusz Krzystek - 'Polskie Siły Powietrzne w Wielkiej Brytanii', Franek Grabowski, Norman L.R. Franks 'Fighter Command Losses', Stan D. Bishop, John A. Hey MBE, Gerrie Franken and Maco Cillessen - Losses of the US 8th and 9th Air Forces, Vols 1-6, Dr. Theo E.W. Boiton - Nachtjagd Combat Archives, Vols 1-13. Aircrew Remembered Databases and our own archives. We are grateful for the support and encouragement of CWGC, UK Imperial War Museum, Australian War Memorial, Australian National Archives, New Zealand National Archives, UK National Archives and Fold3 and countless dedicated friends and researchers across the world.
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