Born: 30 November 1910, Hattem, Netherlands.
Died: 10 June 1944, nr. Entrammes, France.
Father: Abraham van Stockum
Mother: Olga Emily Boissevain
Education:
Studied at Trinity College, Dublin. Won a gold medal.
Career:Was a mathematician. Solved Einstein's field equations for a cylindrically symmetric system. See Proc. R. Soc. Edinburgh, 57, p. 135 (1937).
Joined the Royal Canadian Air Force in June 1941. Taught mathematics to pilots. Then became a bomber pilot himself. Moved to Britain in the spring of 1943 and joined no. 10 squadron at RAF Melbourne in Yorkshire. Flew a Halifax Mk-III, MZ684, ZA-'B' bomber. Completed 6 missions before being shot down by German A.A. fire near Entrammes in France on the night of 9/10 June 1944. All seven crew were killed and are buried at the Cimetière de Vaufleury at Laval, Dept. Mayenne, France.
Other information:
Wrote this article on his reasons for becoming a bomber pilot.