Officier-vlieger J. Blok

[Hanno Spoelstra]

From http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk, a picture of Hellcats flying with 1840 Sqn, was was 1847's "sister" Sqn.

Reference Number: A 24533
Photographer: Royal Navy official photographer
Title: THE ROYAL NAVY DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR
Collection No.: 4700-01

Description: Formation flying by Dutch pilots of 1840 Squadron in Grumman Hellcats based at Royal Naval Air Station Eglinton, Northern Ireland. The squadron is made up of over 80% Dutch.

Period:Second World War

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[marco]

Hanno,

Do you have the book "Dutchies in the air fleet arm"?
ISBN 906720398X
He is in that book also.

Best regards,

Marco

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by marco

Do you have the book "Dutchies in the air fleet arm"?
ISBN 906720398X
He is in that book also.

Marco,

No, I will get a copy. Thanks for the heads up!

M.vr.groet,
Hanno

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

From http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk, a picture of Hellcats flying with 1840 Sqn, was was 1847's "sister" Sqn.

Here's the same picture, now scanned from the article "Dutchies in de Fleet Air Arm" in Luchtvaart wereld magazine (Dutch), December 1999.

Caption reeds: "Hellcat formation of 1840 Sqn over Northern Ireland with three Dutch pilots: Jan Boon van Ochssée in JV117 "H", Felix Nauta and Charlie Poublon."

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