Squadron Leader Geoffrey Maurice Rothwell
DFC and Bar (3 April 1920 – 5 November 2017) was a
Royal Air Force
The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the Air force, air and space force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies. It was formed towards the end of the World War I, First World War on 1 April 1918, on the merger of t ...
bomber pilot during the Second World War who flew more than 70 missions over occupied Europe including dropping secret agents at their rendezvous.
References
Further reading
* McDonald-Rothwell, Gabrielle. (2005) ''The Man With Nine Lives''. Book Guild Publishing.
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1920 births
2017 deaths
Royal Air Force pilots of World War II
Royal Air Force squadron leaders
People educated at Roundhay School
English emigrants to New Zealand
Recipients of the Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom)
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