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R D Trevor-roper

🎖 RAF Bomber Command

Fate: Served and survived

Biography

Not known

Photographs

Wing Commander Guy Gibson (in door of aircraft) and his crew board their Avro Lancaster bomber for No. 617 Squadron's raid on the Ruhr Dams, 16 May 1943. CH18005 — Wing Commander Guy Gibson (in door of aircraft) and his crew board their [Avro Lancaster](/aircraft/1/) bomber for [No. 617 Squadron](/squadrons/38/)'s raid on the Ruhr Dams, 16 May 1943. Personalities: Wing Commander Gibson and his crew board their Avro Lancaster AJ-G (ED 932/G) for the Dams' raid. Left to right: Flight Lieutenant R D Trevor-Roper DEM; Sergeant J Pulford; Flight Sergeant G A Deering RCAF; Pilot Officer F M Spafford DFM RAAF; Flight Lieutenant R E G Hutchinson DFC; Wing Commander Guy Gibson; Pilot Officer H T Taerum RCAF.

ⓘ licence & credit
Bellamy W (F/O), Royal Air Force official photographer / Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wing_Commander_Guy_Gibson_(in_door_of_aircraft)_and_his_crew_board_their_Avro_Lancaster_bomber_for_No._617_Squadron%27s_raid_on_the_Ruhr_Dams,_16_May_1943._CH18005.View source & full licence →

Crew & operations

Flew as Rear gunner with No. 617 Squadron (Dambusters).

Operation Chastise (16 May 1943) — aircraft ED932 AJ-G (Avro Lancaster) — Returned

Crew: Frederick Michael Spafford (Bomb aimer) · J Pulford (Flight engineer) · George Andrew Deering (Front gunner) · Torger Harlo Taerum (Navigator) · Guy Penrose Gibson (Pilot) · Robert Edward George Hutchison (Wireless operator)