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John Simon Robson
This pilot served in 118 Squadron late 1941-42. Does anyone have details of his RAF career? I think he was a flight commander with 118 Sqn. He isn't mentioned in the Battle of Britain,and I don't see any mention of him in 1941 in any other theatre of ops.
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Re: John Simon Robson
Hi,
A quick look in on The POW list gave the following - There are two J. Robson's listed , both as being at Camp 357. 1st RAF service number was 971172. 2nd RAF service number was 1024004, this one had POW number 616. One of these could perhaps be your man ? Alex |
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Re: John Simon Robson
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is this possibly the Robson who features in "The Flying Sailor" by A.Jubelin ? Bruce Lander |
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Re: John Simon Robson
Robson was one of the early members of 118 Sqn; I think I have a photo of him. No details apart from 27 Mar 41 his Spitfire suffered an undercarriage failure
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Re: John Simon Robson
Yes I do have a photo of him as a Flt Lt on 11 Mar 42 next to Sqn ldr Carver
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Re: John Simon Robson
Its odd that, having won a DFC he doesn't have a better profile? Was he a bomber command or coastal command pilot?
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Re: John Simon Robson
According to the AHB, no John Simon Robson was awarded the DFC
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Re: John Simon Robson
1024004 was Sgt (Wop/Ag) J. Robson lost on a raid on Hanover 27/28-9-1943 on Lancaster ED314 of 61 Squadron.
Regards, Henk. |
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Re: John Simon Robson
Hi Keith & others
The Flt Lt ROBSON with 118 Squadron was John Curtis Robson (85683), whose DFC was gazetted on 29/5/42. The citation stated that he had been on ops since November 1940 and had flown a large number of sweeps and had made three daylight attacks on a German battleship. That's all I have. Hope it helps Cheers Brian |
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Re: John Simon Robson
Thanks Brian,
I am still surprised that he doesn't feature in any of the works I have read, other than the history of 118. And even then he doesn't have any claims against his name! |
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