VENGEANCE RAIDS.
OF FAMOUS PILOT
- PI is family killed at Rotterdam when that city was ruthlessly bombed Chevalier K. D- Parmentier, the well-known Dutch airman, has since been carrying out lone raids every night on German objectives in Holland, principally round Rotterdam. Parmentier, a former chief pilot of K.L.M.. was pilot of the Dutch plane that finished second in the Melbourne Centenary air race. The aviation editor of the American Associated Press says that after these vengeance raids Parmentier drops a signed note advising the Dutch, lor their own protection, where he will strike next night. An unconfirmed report says that the Germans have placed a price on his head equal to 10,0 DU dollars (£3300). ~ „ After the invasion Parmentier escaped first to France, then to Lisbo and then to England. There lie offere his services to Britain conditionally on being permitted to raid alone and- to use a Dutch plane. He asked tor nothing except bombs and fuel.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 267, 9 October 1940, Page 7
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