August Deibel, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

August Deibel

Pilot of the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army Air Force

Date of Birth: 11-Sep-1915

Place of Birth: Bukittinggi, Sumatra, Indonesia

Date of Death: 12-Jun-1951

Profession: resistance fighter, aircraft pilot

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About August Deibel

  • 1st Lieutenant August Gerard Deibel (11 September 1915 – 12 June 1951) was a Dutch pilot of the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army Air Force.
  • He was part of 2-VLG-V, which was stationed in Singapore before its withdrawal to Java.
  • His unit emblem was a rhinoceros head painted on both sides of the front fuselage on his Brewster Buffalo aircraft.
  • His rank and surname, 'Lt Deibel' was printed beside the nose art. Deibel is credited with three kills, two of which were Ki-27 Nates on 12 January, during a Japanese air raid over Singapore, and was twice wounded in action on 12 January and 19 February 1942.
  • Deibel was killed on 12 June 1951, piloting a Gloster Meteor aircraft when it crashed near Uithuizen in the Netherlands.

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