Personnel Index - Detail
Name
LEAROYD
First Names
Roderick Alastair Brook
Rank
Wing Commander
Service
RAF
Service Number
37860
Crew Position
Pilot
Posting In
Posted in 1/37 and out 11/40
Awarded the VC for the attack on the Dortmund Ems Canal in August 1940.
Flew 30 operations with 49Sqn.
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"Posted out" 1995.
Two images of the target aqueduct where the Dortmund Ems Canal crosses the River Ems, north of Münster.
Images taken from a German police helicopter in 2017.........courtesy of Herbert Ründe.