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

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.