Gus Winckel, Dutch lieutenant and pilot (born 1912)

Gus Winckel

Dutch World War II hero

Willem Frederick August "Gus" Winckel 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…