Royal Air Force (Volunteer Reserve) Officers 1939-1945 -- R

Royal Air Force (Volunteer Reserve) (RAF(VR)) Officers
1939-1945

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Ratut,
Hyam Ivor
J.C. Roberts
From London.
?
-

(A) P/O (prob)
01.06.1940 [79973]

P/O (prob)
14.10.1940

P/O
01.06.1941

(WS) F/O
14.10.1941

(T) F/Lt.
01.01.1944

F/Lt.
? (reld 10.08.1954; retaining rank of F/Lt.)

01.06.1940

first commission, RAFVR (Equipment Branch) [emergency commission]

24.08.1940

transferred, Administrative and Special Duties Branch

01.02.1942

transferred, RAF Regiment

(05.1945)

Commander of No. 1 Flight from Biggin Hill at the Thanksgiving Parade at St. Paul's Cathedral

Company director (Ragamuffin Ltd., 1970s).

Roberts,
John Charles
J.C. Roberts ?
-

(A) P/O (prob)
01.08.1941 [103296]

P/O (prob)
18.09.1941

P/O
01.08.1942

(WS) F/O
18.09.1942

(T) F/Lt.
01.01.1944, seniority 01.07.1943

(WS) F/Lt.
13.09.1945 (reld 10.02.1954; retaining rank of Sq.Ldr.)

01.08.1941

first commission, RAFVR (Equipment Branch) [emergency commission]

served No 39 Squadron, No 32 ASP, No 3 Brick Unit, No 4 Beach Unit, No 68 Beach Unit, AD Wing

Robinson,
Patrick John Noble
P.J.N. Robinson
Son of R.Adm. Eric Gascoigne Robinson, VC, OBE, and of Edith Gladys Robinson (née Cordeux), of Langrish, Hampshire.
(09?).1914
Basford district, Derbyshire / Nottinghamshire
-
25.06.1942
(KIA) [age 28]
[Sage War Cemetery, Germany, 1.F.15]

Ldg. Acm.
? [1176945]

P/O (prob)
13.09.1941 [108240]

13.09.1941

first commission, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]

?
-
25.06.1942
observer, 102 Squadron RAF
[his Halifax II bomber [R9446 DY-F] had taken off 22.58 hrs from Topcliffe for an operation against Bremen and was presumed lost over the sea]

Ross,
David Gordon
"Bill"
M. Ross
Son of Lt. Frederick Gordon Ross, Manchester Regt. (killed in action in France, 1st July, 1916), and of Kathleen Ross, of Warninglid, Sussex.
(09?.)1904
MacClesfield, Cheshire
-
02.05.1942
(KIA) [age 37]
[Cambridge Crematorium, column 2]

(A) P/O (prob)
19.07.1940 [82429]

F/O (prob)
?

F/O
19.07.1941

(A) F/Lt.
?

19.07.1940

first commission, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]

?
-
02.05.1942
65 Squadron RAF
[flying accident *]

* They (F/Lt. D.G. Ross & Sq.Ldr. H.T. Gilbert) took off from Great Sampford, the Debden satellite, having consumed 6-8 bottles each of Benskins Colne Springs beer, according to the licensee of the pub. This info was not revealed until after the Court of Enquiry. The CO tried to borrow a Magister but his flight sergeant, realising that he was in no fit state to fly, told him it was u/s. The CO then took a Spitfire.

Ross,
Maurice
M. Ross 1910
-
12.03.2007
[aged 96]

(A) P/O (prob)
14.01.1942, seniority 16.12.1941 [115891]

...
...

F/Lt.
? (retd 17.08.1955; retianing the rank of Sq.Ldr.)

OBE
?
?

Education: BSc

14.01.1942

first commission, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]

Ross,
Nicoll Ramsay
"Nicky"
N.R. Ross

01.08.1917
Greenock
-
18.04.2008
Lasswade

Wt.Offr.
? [754544]

P/O (prob)
02.06.1943 [158240]

P/O
02.12.1943

(WS) F/O
02.12.1943

(WS) F/Lt.
02.06.1945

F/O
18.11.1948

F/Lt.
31.03.1951 (reld 18.11.1958)

DSO
29.08.1944
*

DFC
13.07.1943
**

AEA
?
?

* This officer has completed a very large number of sorties and the successes obtained are a fine testimony to his great skill, courage and resolution. He is a model captain, whose strong sense of, duty, gallantry and resource have set an example of the highest order.
** W/O Ross now on his second tour of operational duty, has
taken part in a large number of operational series. An excellent captain of aircraft, in the face of heavy odds, he has shown courage and determination of a high order, and has secured some excellent photographs.

07.1939

joined RAFVR

02.1941

40 Squadron RAF

01.1943

103 Squadron RAF

02.06.1943

first commission, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]

10.1943

617 Squadron RAF

18.11.1948
-
18.11.1958
commissioned, Reconstituted RAFVR (General Duties Branch)

Worked with the Bank of Scotland.

Russum,
Kenneth
K. Russum 12.10.1922
-
24.02.2007
Kingham, Oxfordshire
[aged 84]

Wt.Off..
? [1211080]

P/O (prob)
09.09.1944 [189214]

P/O
09.03.1945

(WS) F/O
09.03.1945

F/O
09.09.1945

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W/Cdr.
01.01.1968 (retd 25.03.1977)

AFC
?
?

09.09.1944

first commission, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]

15.08.1946

extended service

permanent commission

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