Fikkert had an eventful life. Before the German invasion, he was a reserve first lieutenant in the Dutch army, attached to the general staff department that carried out espionage work. On 13 May 1940, Fikkert was ordered by the Dutch army command to go to England to join the British Secret Service. However, once he arrived in England, he was not assigned to that service but ended up in a camp with other soldiers who had fled to England. Fikkert therefore requested to be sent to the Dutch East Indies. This was granted, but on his journey to the Indies, he did not get further than Lisbon, where he was picked up by a German spy. In Berlin, he was interrogated about his espionage activities. After the interrogations, he was not sent to a concentration camp but released, after which he ended up back in Enschede. Here he set up a spy group. The group was infiltrated and rounded up, and Fikkert was shot at Fort Rijnauwen on 25 July 1944.
