Aircraft mechanic Theo van Eijck at Schiphol brought under arrest by the Royal Marechausse after returning from Libyan. He was taken to the marechausseekazerne in Badhoevedorp. In the foreground his wife, behind her his parents, upon arrival in the barracks Annotation: Theo van Eijck. He worked for the Marine Aviation Service (MLD, part of the Royal Navy) in 1964 and was stationed in Malta. Van Eijck was a flight engineer with the ambition to become a pilot, but he did not pass the inspection. Out of pure frustration and perhaps to prove that he could fly, he stepped on a two-engine Grumman S-
Aircraft mechanic Theo van Eijck at Schiphol brought under arrest by the Royal Marechausse after returning from Libyan. He was taken to the marechausseekazerne in Badhoevedorp. In the foreground his wife, behind her his parents, upon arrival in the barracks Annotation: Theo van Eijck. He worked for the Marine Aviation Service (MLD, part of the Royal Navy) in 1964 and was stationed in Malta. Van Eijck was a flight engineer with the ambition to become a pilot, but he did not pass the inspection. Out of pure frustration and perhaps to prove that he could fly, he stepped on a two-engine Grumman S-2 Tracker (a patrol aircraft) on 7 March and flew south. He initially planned to seek political asylum in Egypt, but he did not have enough fuel on board to reach Alexandria. And so it became Libya. Van Eijck made a nice landing at an airport near Benghazi and got permission from the Libyans to stay. But after a year the political refugee wanted to return to the Netherlands and accepted the imprisonment of one year (source: ) Date: 10 april 1964 Location: Badhoevedorp Keywords: families, pilots
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