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Four: Lieutenant A. Otten, 320 (Dutch) Squadron, Royal Air Force and Royal Netherlands Air...
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Four: Lieutenant A. Otten, 320 (Dutch) Squadron, Royal Air Force and Royal Netherlands Air Force France and Germany Star; War Medal 1939-45, these both later issues in plastic boxes of issue, with Defence Council enclosure; Netherlands, Kingdom, Flying Cross 1941, silver, the reverse stamped ‘Silver’, in Spink, London, case of issue; War Commemorative Cross, bronze, 2 clasps, Nederland Mei 1940, Oorlogsvluchten 1940-1945, mounted for wear by ‘Fa. A. Tack, Breda; together with the recipient’s Royal Netherlands Air Force Pilot-Navigator’s Badge, silver-gilt and enamel, reverse stamped ‘Silver’, with pin back suspension, nearly extremely fine (5) £600-£800 --- Albert Otten was born in Holland on 7 June 1916 and was an Officer Pilot Third Class in the Netherlands Royal Navy Reserve. He served with 320 (Dutch) Squadron, Royal Air Force during the Second World War from 2 June 1941, flying predominately the American Mitchell Mark II bomber, and is recorded as having made 45 operational flights prior to 1944; 22 operational flights in the second quarter of 1944; 23 operations flights in the third quarter of 1944; 4 operations flights in the fourth quarter of 1944; and 21 operational flights in the first quarter of 1945. For his courage, skill, persistence, and devotion to duty he was awarded the Dutch Flying Cross in 1944. He subsequently became a commercial pilot with the Dutch airline K.L.M., and died in Portishead, Bristol, on 24 April 1980. Sold with the recipient’s Royal Air Force Pilot’s Flying Log Book, covering the period 7 July 1940 to 18 August 1946; a bound copy of 320 Squadron R.A.F. Memorial 1940-1945, by J. P. Kloos, and inscribed by the author ‘To Andrew Otten, in fond memory of his father Appie with whom I flew 75 “ops” against the enemy in WWII’, the text in a mixture of English and Dutch; two First Day Covers, one commemorating 320 (Dutch) Squadron; the other commemorating the Dropping of Food to the Dutch People by Bomber Command; and various letters and other research documents.
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Four: Lieutenant A. Otten, 320 (Dutch) Squadron, Royal Air Force and Royal Netherlands Air Force France and Germany Star; War Medal 1939-45, these both later issues in plastic boxes of issue, with Defence Council enclosure; Netherlands, Kingdom, Flying Cross 1941, silver, the reverse stamped ‘Silver’, in Spink, London, case of issue; War Commemorative Cross, bronze, 2 clasps, Nederland Mei 1940, Oorlogsvluchten 1940-1945, mounted for wear by ‘Fa. A. Tack, Breda; together with the recipient’s Royal Netherlands Air Force Pilot-Navigator’s Badge, silver-gilt and enamel, reverse stamped ‘Silver’, with pin back suspension, nearly extremely fine (5) £600-£800 --- Albert Otten was born in Holland on 7 June 1916 and was an Officer Pilot Third Class in the Netherlands Royal Navy Reserve. He served with 320 (Dutch) Squadron, Royal Air Force during the Second World War from 2 June 1941, flying predominately the American Mitchell Mark II bomber, and is recorded as having made 45 operational flights prior to 1944; 22 operational flights in the second quarter of 1944; 23 operations flights in the third quarter of 1944; 4 operations flights in the fourth quarter of 1944; and 21 operational flights in the first quarter of 1945. For his courage, skill, persistence, and devotion to duty he was awarded the Dutch Flying Cross in 1944. He subsequently became a commercial pilot with the Dutch airline K.L.M., and died in Portishead, Bristol, on 24 April 1980. Sold with the recipient’s Royal Air Force Pilot’s Flying Log Book, covering the period 7 July 1940 to 18 August 1946; a bound copy of 320 Squadron R.A.F. Memorial 1940-1945, by J. P. Kloos, and inscribed by the author ‘To Andrew Otten, in fond memory of his father Appie with whom I flew 75 “ops” against the enemy in WWII’, the text in a mixture of English and Dutch; two First Day Covers, one commemorating 320 (Dutch) Squadron; the other commemorating the Dropping of Food to the Dutch People by Bomber Command; and various letters and other research documents.
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