Jacob Veldhuyzen van Zanten

Jacob Louis Veldhuyzen van Zanten was a Dutch aircraft captain and flight instructor. He was captain of the KLM Flight 4805 and died in the Tenerife airport disaster, the deadliest accident in aviation history. He was KLM's chief instructor and commonly appeared on advertising.

5 February 1927

Born on the same birth date (5 February 1927): Robert Allen (song composer)

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