Date of birth:

March 2nd, 1916 (Horton/Northamptonshire, Great Britain)

Date of death:

September 9th, 1943

Buried on:

Commonwealth War Graves St. Mary Churchyard
Row: E. Grave: 1.

Service number:

740804/81674

Nationality:

British

Robert Dafforn was born on March 2nd, 1916 as the son of Edgar Robert and Alfrida Josephine Daffron.

On 9 September 1943, a Spitfire of the RAF Central Gunnery School flown by Dafforn crashed when a wing tip touched the ground during low flying.
The aircraft was destroyed and its pilot, Dafforn- the Chief Instructor of the Fighter Wing, CGS, was killed.


Promotions:
1939: Sergeant;
July 13th, 1940: Pilot Officer on probation (seniority April 25th, 1940);
July 13th, 1941: Pilot Officer;
July 13th, 1941: Flying Officer (war subs. seniority April 25th, 1941);
July 13th, 1942: Flight Lieutenant (war subs. seniority April 25th, 1942);
1942: Temporary Squadron Leader.

Career:
1937 -1939: Pilot Training;
1939 - October 1940: No. 501 Squadron;
October 1940 - October 1941: Flight Leader No. 501 Squadron;
October 1941 - January 1942: Instructor No.56 Operational Training Unit;
January 1942 - April 1942: Middellandse Zee gebied;
April 1942: Squadron Leader No. 229 Squadron, Malta;
? - December 1942: Instructor No. 52 Opeartional Training Unit, Groot-Brittannië;
December 1942 - September 9th, 1943: OC-CFI CGS.

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• Photo 1: Tom MacNeill
• - The London Gazette of 30th July 1940, Issue 34910
  - The London Gazette of 17th January 1941, Issue 35045
  - The London Gazette of 18th July 1941, Issue 35222
  - Second Supplement to The London Gazette of 14th July 1942, Issue 35634, dated 17th July 1942
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