Rijklof Van Goens

Flight Lieutenant Rijklof Van Goens was a Dutch airman of the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve who was killed during the Second World War.
Van Goens was born on 25 July 1914, in Bandueng, Dutch East Indies (Bandung, Indonesia), the son of Gustaaf Hugo and Willemina Van Goens, later of Apeldoorn, in the Netherlands. He escaped occupied Europe during the war, becoming a pilot in 41 Squadron.
Van Goens died on 17 August 1944 when his Supermarine Spitfire (M8880) was lost over the English Channel while pursuing a V-1 rocket.
He has no known grave and is commemorated by the Runnymede Memorial.
Category:Dutch military personnel
Category:1914 births
Category:1944 deaths
Category:Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Category:Flight Lieutenants
Category:Burial Unknown
Category:Runnymede Memorial