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Notes about Alan DENBY

. Alan was a pilot of a Swordfish during the war. On 18 Oct 1941 when he was aged 20 years he was killed taking part in a mission to escort Albacore aircraft from Gibraltar to Malta. Malta suffered heavy losses during the war but was vital to the allied efforts during the war. Missions like the one, which Alan died on, were very common.
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Ancestors (and descendant) of Alan DENBY

Jacob DENBY
1860-1941
Sarah GREENWOOD
1858-1939
William DENBY
1886-1922

Alan DENBY
1921-1941


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Sources

  1. E-mail correspondence with Karen Hughes. Privately held by Hughes, [(E-ADDRESS) FOR PRIVATE USE,] Jon Denby [(E-ADDRESS) FOR PRIVATE USE,] to Karen Hughes, e-mail<; privately held by Hughes, [(E-ADDRESS) FOR PRIVATE USE,]., Jon Denby, Denby, Jon, >

Historical events

Day of death October 18, 1941

  • The temperature on October 18, 1941 was between 10.5 °C and 15.4 °C and averaged 13.0 °C. There was 22.1 mm of rain during 11.6 hours. The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1941: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.9 million citizens.
    • January 9 » World War II: First flight of the Avro Lancaster.
    • January 25 » Pope Pius XII elevates the Apostolic Vicariate of the Hawaiian Islands to the dignity of a diocese. It becomes the Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu.
    • May 13 » World War II: Yugoslav royal colonel Dragoljub Mihailović starts fighting against German occupation troops, beginning the Serbian resistance.
    • June 8 » World War II: The Allies commence the Syria-Lebanon Campaign against the possessions of Vichy France in the Levant.
    • June 22 » World War II: Nazi Germany invades the Soviet Union in Operation Barbarossa.
    • December 20 » World War II: First battle of the American Volunteer Group, better known as the "Flying Tigers" in Kunming, China.


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