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Personal data Matthijs "Thijs" Loos 

  • Nickname is Thijs.
  • He was born on July 28, 1916 in Heiloo.
  • Record.
    .................
    Here's the information of 320 squadron

    My dad, RAF 320 Squadron. 686 CHERIBON, ditched in North Sea, 30 May 1942,

    Crew saved by dingy, rescued by enemy, 3 years POW.
    pilot SCHAPER, BECAME CHIEF OF DUTCH AIR FORCE
    Bio available
    Dutch military historian has a list of Dutch airmen, available
    bron John Loos
    ...
  • Record.
    17 kleinkinderen , 8 meisjes en 9 jongens...
  • Record.
    29.05.1942 Hudson AM686 'Cheribon' of 320 squadron
    Ditched at sea off Terschelling Island
    Crew:
    Off.vl. 1e kl. H. SCHAPER, POW (Pilot)
    Sgt.vl. A.C. DEN BOER, POW
    Sgt.tel. A.J.I. LENSING, POW
    Matroos 1e kl. M. LOOS, POW
    Crew picked up by Flak-ship.
  • Record.
    beroep na de oorlog:
    landbouwknecht, slager, eigenaar slagerij, eigenaar groentenzaak, sproeivlieger
    ...
  • Record.
    In my manuscript I have a passage that your he left Holland in 1947 with 170 dollar and ‘a kitbag full of hope’. Your father first when to work for a farmer who refused to pay him his wage. Then he went to work in a butchery in Swan City which he was able to buy in 1951.
    What happened afterwards? Did your he stay a butcher until the end of his working life?
  • Record.
    MATTHIJS (THYS) (MIKE) LOOS SERVED IN WW 2,
    DUTCH NAVY 1939, EVACUATED TO ENGLAND MAY 1940,
    JOINED RAF 320 SQUADRON, POW MAY 30 1942-APRIL 45
    EMIGRATED TO CANADA 1947 WITH WIFE AND 3 KIDS
    ...
    WAS ALSO AN AGRICULTURAL PILOT....CROP DUSTING PILOT
    ..
  • He died on January 26, 1989 in Goonellabah, NSW, Australië, he was 72 years old.
    Oorzaak: He died at 14 Larelar Court, Ocean Shores of a haert attack
  • He is buried in Lismore Memeorial Gardens, NSW, Australië.
  • A child of Willem Loos and Marie Wever
  • This information was last updated on June 28, 2019.

Household of Matthijs "Thijs" Loos

He is married to Maria Catharina Beukers.

They got married December 1939, he was 23 years old.


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Birthday July 28, 1916

  • The temperature on July 28, 1916 was between 12.9 °C and 26.8 °C and averaged 19.5 °C. There was 10.1 hours of sunshine (64%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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 August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1916: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.4 million citizens.
    • February 24 » The Governor-General of Korea establishes a clinic called Jahyewon in Sorokdo to segregate Hansen's disease patients.
    • May 6 » Vietnamese Emperor Duy Tân is captured while calling upon the people to rise up against the French, and is later deposed and exiled to Réunion island.
    • August 25 » The United States National Park Service is created.
    • September 15 » World War I: Tanks are used for the first time in battle, at the Battle of the Somme.
    • September 17 » World War I: Manfred von Richthofen ("The Red Baron"), a flying ace of the German Luftstreitkräfte, wins his first aerial combat near Cambrai, France.
    • November 5 » The Kingdom of Poland is proclaimed by the Act of 5th November of the emperors of Germany and Austria-Hungary.

Day of death January 26, 1989

  • The temperature on January 26, 1989 was between -1.6 °C and 6.6 °C and averaged 1.3 °C. There was 7.4 hours of sunshine (85%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1989: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 14.8 million citizens.
    • January 29 » Cold War: Hungary establishes diplomatic relations with South Korea, making it the first Eastern Bloc nation to do so.
    • March 12 » Sir Tim Berners-Lee submits his proposal to CERN for an information management system, which subsequently develops into the world wide web.
    • April 2 » Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev arrives in Havana, Cuba, to meet with Fidel Castro in an attempt to mend strained relations.
    • August 22 » Nolan Ryan strikes out Rickey Henderson to become the first Major League Baseball pitcher to record 5,000 strikeouts.
    • August 24 » Tadeusz Mazowiecki is chosen as the first non-communist prime minister in Central and Eastern Europe.
    • December 10 » Mongolian Revolution: At the country's first open pro-democracy public demonstration, Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj announces the establishment of the Mongolian Democratic Union.


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