Gerard Bruggink Military person
This article incorporates information from the equivalent article on the Nederlands Wikipedia.Gerardus Meinardus Bruggink (4 August 1917 – 5 December 2005) was a Dutch pilot of the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army Air Force. A recipient of the Military Order of William, he was one of only four Dutch pilots to dogfight the Japanese in the Battle of Java.Born in Tubbergen, Overijssel, Bruggink followed a Catholic seminary. He met his wife, Corien, while serving in the Dutch East Indies and they were married in January 1942. A replica B-339C Brewster Buffalo (B-3107) was built in July 2008 and delivered to the Netherlands Military Aviation Museum in Soesterberg, the Netherlands, carrying the markings of the plane flown by Bruggink.
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| allegiance | Netherlands |
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| service start | 1939 |
| service end | 1955 |