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the surrender of the Dutch Army, of which he was a member, Pleun
Verhoef managed to escape to England, by way of Belgium and France.
After being placed in a tented camp at Porthcawl, Pleun was moved
to Congleton, and then on to Wrottesley Park (near Wolverhampton).
At Wrottesley Park, Queen Wilhelmina issued the colours of the Royal
Dutch Brigade Princess Irene on 27th August 1941. Pleun joined one
of the units within the brigade, the parachute unit. He passed through
his training, getting good marks for his five training jumps. He
progressed, earning his corporal's stripes on the way, to training
with explosives during October 1941. On 2nd April he left the brigade
to go on for training wit the SOE as an agent, but ended up working
for the Dutch BBO organisation.
Pleun Verhoef
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