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Name : Richard Algernon Dacre Trevor-Roper Son of : of Charles Cadwaladr Trevor-Roper (died 1917) and Gertrude Alice Trevor-Roper (née Clabby); husband of Patricia Audrey Trevor-Roper, of West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire. Born : 19 May 1915, Shanklin, Isle of Wight. Married : Patricia Audrey Edwards (registered Nottingham, Sep 1942 qtr.). One son, Charles Anthony. |
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| Service Details
: Flight Lieutenant 47354 (Air Gunner) Richard Algernon Dacre Trevor-Roper, DFM, DFC, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. |
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| Casualty Details
: Died : 31st March 1944 aged 28. Buried at : Durnbach War Cemetery, Bayern, Germany. CWGC Record |
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| Commemorated on these
Memorials : Shanklin War Memorial | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Documents and Newspaper cuttings :
ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY PRESS
29 May 1915 BIRTHS TREVOR-ROPER - May 19, at Soraba, Shanklin, the wife of Capt. C.C. Trevor-Roper, 2nd/8th Hampshire Regiment, of Plas Teg, Mold, and 39 Radcliffe-square, London, of a son.  The Times 29 December 1944 |
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Further Information
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The aircraft left RAF Bourn at 22.15 on Ops to Nuremburg. It was attacked by a Me110 nightfighter of 111/NJG1 flown by Major Martin Drews, and crashed at Ahorn near Coburg. All the crew were killed and are buried at Durnbach War Cemetery. Trevor-Roper had served with 50 Sqn and 617 sqn. Prior to being commissioned, he was awarded the DFM (gazetted 23 December 1941; as a Sergeant with 50 Sqn). He was the Rear Gunner in the aircraft flown by Wing Commander Guy Gibson on the Dambusters raid in May 1943. He received the DFC in May 1943 (gazetted 25 May 1943 as Acting Flight Lieutenant, 617 Sqn.). Richard Trevor-Roper's father, Charles Cadwaladr Trevor-Roper, died while serving with the 14th Bn Hampshire Regiment on 3rd August 1917, aged 33. His uncle, Geoffrey Trevor-Roper, was also killed in WW I. CWGC record for Geoffrey Trevor-Roper |
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| Links : Dambusters Crew and photo Menu card collected by Richard Trevor-Roper Menu card collected by Richard Trevor-Roper National Portrait Gallery group photo Photo Oriel House School Wellington College |
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| Acknowledgements : John Bloodworth for Royal Air Force research, Janet Griffin for further research |
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| Page status : Page last updated : 4 February 2014 (added birth notice) |
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