Roberts, Freddie

Title

Roberts, Freddie
George Frederick Roberts
G F Roberts

Description

Four items. The collection concerns Sergeant Fred Roberts (1168071 Royal Air Force) and contains documents and photographs. He flew operations as an air gunner with 101 Squadron and was killed 5 January 1943.

The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Doreen Culliford and catalogued by Trevor Hardcastle.

Additional information on Fred Roberts is available via the IBCC Losses Database.

Date

2015-11-09

Publisher

IBCC Digital Archive

Rights

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Identifier

Roberts, GF

Collection Items

Fred Roberts, letter to his wife
Letter sends belated birthday greetings and a poem, Tail-end Tommy.

Presumed killed
Cutting reports that Sgt Fred Roberts of Mardy reported missing on 5 January 1943 was now presumed killed.

Fred Roberts, crew photograph
Five aircrew posed in a line in front of a wooden building. By the door 'MT Workshop Keep Out' is painted. On the reverse, 101 Squadron P/O Brodie Navigator, Sgt Davies W/Op, Sgt Waterhouse, Captain, Self A/G, Sgt Clark Bomb Aimer' and Roberts 54…

Fred Roberts
Hear and shoulders portrait of Fred Roberts as a leading aircraftman, annotated 'To Dorrie with Love Fred'.
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