Hendrik Gustaaf "Hans" Fokker (February 18, 1900, in

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– July 2, 1943, in

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) was a

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from the

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, who represented his native country at the

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. Fokker as crew member on the Dutch

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''Kemphaan'' took the 4th place with helmsman Hans Pluijgers and fellow crew members: Carl Huisken, Wim Schouten and Roeffie Vermeulen. Hans died of a

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in 1943 in

during internment in Burma.

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