This is the story of Ida, the only Dutch war pilot to be decorated: ‘What a tough woman’

Very honest: until a few years ago, Jacqueline Vollebregt (59) had never heard of pilot Ida Veldhuyzen van Zanten, even though they share the same love for aviation. When the retired captain discovered her special life story, she decided that she was the one with the right credentials to honor this idiosyncratic resistance heroine with a historical novel.

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