Personnel Index - Detail
Name
ROBERTS
First Names
Francis Leonard
Rank
Sgt
Service
RAF
Crew Position
Observer
Posting In
12/6/18
Awarded the Croix de Guerre.
4th July 1918:
​Attacked by six enemy aircraft at Fives, near Lille.
His aircraft (DH9 serial C6135) crashed following this combat.
16th July 1918:
Flying in DH9 (serial D1727) he was attacked by six enemy aircraft. The pilot (Lt CAB Beattie) was wounded but made a forced landing at Essisses following bombing the Passy Bridge.