Verification of Dutch resistance work/downed airmen aid, call for help

[Theo Boiten]

Dear all,

On behalf of a collegue of mine, I was asked to post this call for help. Anyone with information, please contact Jean-Emile Veth directly.

My name is Jean-Emile Veth. I am a researcher of the 1940-1945 Foundation in Diemen, the Netherlands. The foundation handles applications from Dutch former resistance participants and their descendants in WWII. For a current application I am looking for confirmation of the resistance activities of a Dutch citizen, who brought British (and other allied) airmen of crashed aircraft in the vicinity of Venray, Limburg (The Netherlands) to safety in the years 1941-1944. It concerns Adrianus Cornelis Antonius (Ad) van Schendel, born on 12 July 1910 in Breda. He was head of the voluntary fire brigade of Venray during WWII. Do you know a person with this name, he was probably rewarded (with a Tedder certificate?) for his resistance activities/airmen's aid. Is there a possibility to get confirmation of his work in helping downed Allied airmen in WWII, possibly in the form of an award certificate from the British and/or American Government postwar?
Any help much appreciated.

Jean-Emile Veth
Stichting Pelita/Stichting 1940-1945
Tel.nr.: + 31 88-3305135/+ 33 (0)6-13518702
Email: J.E.Veth@pelita.nl