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Sgt. George Raymond Roscoe DFM.
Royal Air Force 83 Squadron
George Roscoe enlisted in 1938. He was a wireless operator on one of 6 Hampdens from 83 Squadron which flew over the North Sea on the first day of the war. He was wounded in the Dortmund-Ems Canal raid on 12 August 1940 when he was in the first plane, piloted by Jimmy Pitcairn-Hill. He subsequently completed 83 ops and survived the war.