Kaiser, ja; Hitler, nein.

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The Guardian is running an obit for a Dutch pilot who was awarded the Iron Cross flying for Germany in WWI, and then the DFC by the British for fighting the Germans in WWII.

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[thorkell.livejournal.com]

To quote from the obit :'With the Nazi invasion of Holland in May 1940, van Sloten was drafted into the Royal Dutch air force, and, flying a DC3 Dakota transport, brought a Dornier Do-17 bomber down on a German armoured unit'

There are actually two bits of info that impress me there. In WWII the Dutch resisted the Nazi invasion for 5 days and during that time the guy gets drafted and somehow forces a bomber down while flying a transport plane, which I assume was unarmed like most if not all DC3s were.

[jhghendriks.livejournal.com]

Oddly enough, he's a complete unknown here.
Also I can't find nothing about him online.

Sad that.