World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Robert Pelsmaeker
Honored By
Mr. Frans M. Pelsmaeker
SERGEANT. FIGHTER PILOT. ROYAL NETHERLANDS AIR FORCE. ESCAPED TO AUSTRALIA WHEN JAPANESE FORCES INVADED DUTCH EAST INDIES. WENT TO U.S. AND BECAME FIGHTER PILOT. TRAINED IN JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI. RETURNED TO AUSTRALIA TO JOIN THE U.S. FORCES UNDER GENERAL MACARTHUR. SAW ACTION OVER NEW GUINEA. KILLED JULY 24, 1944.