No.195516, Pilot Officer, Johannes Bartholomeus Van MESDAG
Aged 21
medals not known
Johannes Bartholomeus Van Mesdag was born on 3rd October 1923 in Hilversum, Netherlands.
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Information here is based on http://aircrewremembered.com/van-mesdag-johannes.html who are to be congratulated for their research.
Before the war he was studying in the U.S.A., living in Ardsley, Hudson, New York. He joined the Dutch Air Force in Canada and was sent to UK, arriving 17th August 1942 He was awarded his wings on 26th November 1944, joining 64 Squadron on 28th December. With the Dutch Air Force his rank was 2nd Luitenant In the R.A.F.V.R. he was a Flight Sergeant but appears to have been commissioned at the time of his death. He had one kill registered, a Focke Wulf 190 near Frankfurt on 14th January 1945.
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