Date of birth:

September 13th, 1916 (Llandaff/Cardiff, Wales)

Date of death:

November 23rd, 1990 (Oxford/Oxfordshire, United Kingdom)

Buried on:

St. Peter and Paul Churchyard

Service number:

774022/84990

Nationality:

British (1801-present, Kingdom)

Roald Dahl was a flying ace in the RAF, who later became an intelligence officer, diplomat and writer. In 1940, he crashed his Gloster Gladiator in the desert, which eventually ended his career as pilot.

Air victories:
15 April 1941: Junkers Ju-88
16 April 1941: Junkers Ju-88
8 June 1941: Vichy Potez 630
15 June 1941: Junkers Ju-88

Promotions:
24 August 1940: Leading Aircraftman
24 August 1941: Flying Officer
24 August 1942: Flight Lieutenant (war-substantive)
?: Temporary Wing Commander
1 August 1946: Squadron Leader

Units:
August 1939: King's African Rifles
1940-1941: No. 80 Squadron RAF
1942: Assistant air attaché at the British Embassy in Washington, D.C

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• - https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35292/page/5664/data.pdf
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  - Photographs
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  - Andrew Thomas Hurricane Aces 1941–45 Osprey Publishing, 2003
  - Bill Macdonald – The True Intrepid p249 (Raincoast 2001)
  

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