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Hi Brian

His first name was Gerry (initials GH) and he flew with 1844 squadron in 1945.

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Many thanks Keith

TOCH is great isn't it?

Cheers
Brian

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Good morning,

His official name was Herman de Wit, but everybode called him Harm de Wit. He was born on April 16 1919 in Oudkarspel, a small Dutch town, north of Amsterdam. He was trained in the Dutch East Indies (until February 1942) and the Netherlands Military Flying School (from May 1942), before coming to the UK. His fisrt operational unit was 1840 Squadron. In August 1944 he joined with five other Dutch pilots 800 Squadron:

Wladimir Saltykoff
Willem Anton Limque
Charles Alphonse Marie Poublon
Gerardus Hendricus Greve
Jan Eduard Helfrich

De Wit left the Royal Netherlands Navy in 1953 and emigrated to New Zealand.

Regards,

Erwin van Loo

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Many thanks Erwin

Have you any photos of these guys?

Cheers
Brian

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Brian,

Just to add some info about one of the pilots Erwin mentioned:

Wladimir Saltykoff: 25 Nov 1923 - 10 Dec 1946. On latter day went missing over the North Sea when ferrying a Firefly from England to Holland.

Regards,

Leendert

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Brian,

There must be pics in this book: http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=14484

Regards,

Leendert