Service number:

1325271 (NCO)/155152 (Officer)

Nationality:

British (1801-present, Kingdom)

Ronald Roberts completed 47 operational sorties with both 106 Squadron and 617 Squadron, with eight sorties to Berlin, the Hamburg ‘firestorm’ raid, and the famous 617 ‘Tallboy’ attack on the Samur Railway Tunnel and the E-Boat pens at Le Havre, Boulogne and Brest.

Promotions:
? Aircraftsman 2nd Class
? Sergeant
23 June, 1943: Pilot Officer on Probation (emergency)
23 December, 1943: Flying Officer on Probation (war sub)
23 June, 1945: Flight Lieutenant (war sub)
29 May, 1946: Commissioned as Flying Officer, extended service (four years on
the active list)
23 December, 1946: Flight Lieutenant
24 March, 1948: Commission relinquished on account of medical unfitness for Air
Force service

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