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Willem Frederick August "Gus" Winckel (3 November 1912 – 17 August 2013) was a Dutch military officer and pilot who flew for the Royal Netherlands East Indies Air Force (ML-KNIL) in World War II. During the attack on Broome, Western Australia, on 3 March 1942, Winckel managed to land his plane full of refugees safely on the Broome airstrip just before the Japanese attack. He then dismounted the plane's machine gun and shot down one of the Japanese fighters, the only Allied "kill" during the attack.

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  • Willem Frederick August "Gus" Winckel (3 November 1912 – 17 August 2013) was a Dutch military officer and pilot who flew for the Royal Netherlands East Indies Air Force (ML-KNIL) in World War II. During the attack on Broome, Western Australia, on 3 March 1942, Winckel managed to land his plane full of refugees safely on the Broome airstrip just before the Japanese attack. He then dismounted the plane's machine gun and shot down one of the Japanese fighters, the only Allied "kill" during the attack. Shortly after the attack on Broome, Winckel was sent on a mission to Bandung, Java, to recover several officers from the Allied headquarters, which was under threat of being overrun. He served the remainder of the war with No. 18 (Netherlands East Indies) Squadron RAAF in Australia. After World War II, he fought in the Dutch Politionele acties. (en)
  • Willem Frederick August (Gus) Winckel (3 November 1912 – 17 Agustus 2013) adalah seorang perwira militer dan pilot asal Belanda yang bertugas untuk (ML-KNIL) pada Perang Dunia II. Pada , Australia Barat, pada 3 Maret 1942, Winckel memutuskan untuk mendaratkan pesawatnya di landasan pacu Broome sebelum serangan Jepang. Ia kemudian mengeluarkan meriam mesin dari pesawat tersebut dan menembak jatuh salah satu pesawat tempur Jepang, satu-satunya serangan mematikan Sekutu pada serangan tersebut. Tak lama setelah serangan di Broome, Winckel dikirim pada sebuah misi ke Bandung, Jawa Barat, untuk membebaskan beberapa perwira dari markas besar Sekutu, yang sedang berada di bawah ancaman. Ia bertugas selama sisa masa perang dengan di Australia. Setelah Perang Dunia II, ia berjuang dalam Aksi Polisionil. (in)
  • Willem Frederik August (Gus) Winckel (Muntok (Banka), 3 november 1912 – (Nieuw-Zeeland), 17 augustus 2013) was tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog een tweede luitenant-vlieger bij de Militaire Luchtvaart van het Koninklijk Nederlandsch-Indisch Leger (KNIL, of 'Netherlands East Indies' (NEI) Air Force). Winckel was een lid van de in het Nederland's Patriciaat opgenomen familie Winckel. Hij was meer in Australië bekend dan in Nederland. Daar werd hij een van de meest gerespecteerde vliegers van de KNIL genoemd. De laatste jaren van zijn leven woonde hij nog steeds in die regio: deels in Australië, deels in Pukekohe, bij Auckland in Nieuw-Zeeland. (nl)
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  • Netherlands (en)
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  • World War II * Attack on Broome Politionele acties (en)
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  • 1912-11-03 (xsd:date)
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  • Gus Winckel standing with a fellow No. 18 Squadron member (en)
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  • Pukekohe, New Zealand (en)
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  • Gus Winckel (en)
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  • Lucky Bill, Babyface Killer (en)
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  • Willem Frederick August "Gus" Winckel (3 November 1912 – 17 August 2013) was a Dutch military officer and pilot who flew for the Royal Netherlands East Indies Air Force (ML-KNIL) in World War II. During the attack on Broome, Western Australia, on 3 March 1942, Winckel managed to land his plane full of refugees safely on the Broome airstrip just before the Japanese attack. He then dismounted the plane's machine gun and shot down one of the Japanese fighters, the only Allied "kill" during the attack. (en)
  • Willem Frederick August (Gus) Winckel (3 November 1912 – 17 Agustus 2013) adalah seorang perwira militer dan pilot asal Belanda yang bertugas untuk (ML-KNIL) pada Perang Dunia II. Pada , Australia Barat, pada 3 Maret 1942, Winckel memutuskan untuk mendaratkan pesawatnya di landasan pacu Broome sebelum serangan Jepang. Ia kemudian mengeluarkan meriam mesin dari pesawat tersebut dan menembak jatuh salah satu pesawat tempur Jepang, satu-satunya serangan mematikan Sekutu pada serangan tersebut. (in)
  • Willem Frederik August (Gus) Winckel (Muntok (Banka), 3 november 1912 – (Nieuw-Zeeland), 17 augustus 2013) was tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog een tweede luitenant-vlieger bij de Militaire Luchtvaart van het Koninklijk Nederlandsch-Indisch Leger (KNIL, of 'Netherlands East Indies' (NEI) Air Force). (nl)
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  • Gus Winckel (en)
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  • Gus Winckel (en)
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