{"id":5172,"date":"2020-08-02T09:30:12","date_gmt":"2020-08-02T09:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/?page_id=5172"},"modified":"2020-08-02T10:50:18","modified_gmt":"2020-08-02T10:50:18","slug":"cohen-robbert-simon","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/raf\/cohen-robbert-simon\/","title":{"rendered":"Cohen, Robbert Simon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Robbert Simon Cohen DFC, Dutch Bronze Cross<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Pilot, 613 Squadron
Service number 149822
Died 11 Aug 1944
Buried Orry-la-Ville Netherlands Field of Honour
Age 22<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Robbert was born 24 July 1922 in Rotterdam to Henri and Jeanne nee Polak. He had a younger brother Ernst. Both his parents and brother were murdered in Auschwitz. Jeanne on 3 September 1942, Henri on 31 January 1943 and Ernst on 30 April 1943.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aged 19, Robbert escaped the Netherlands from Katwijk with Coen de Iongh in a foldable canoe on the night of 19\/20 June 1941, after 50 hours they were rescued by a minesweeper off the coast of Lowestoft. For this feat they were awarded the Dutch Bronze Cross.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Robbert who served under the name Robert Stevens, was awarded the DFC on 22 July 1944 for bombing a train consisting of sixty wagons with fuel at Fontainebleau during the night of 14 to 15 July 1944. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Robbert’s story can be found in the links below. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photo credit to Kelvin Youngs, Aircrewremembered <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Resources<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Short history of Robbert Cohen. Credit to Family Fontijn in Zeist <\/a>Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Robbert’s story from the War Graves Foundation<\/a>Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Gallery<\/h2>\n\n\n\n