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Air Chief Marshal Sir Frederick Rosier GCB, CBE, DSO (13 October 1915 – 10 September 1998) was a Royal Air Force commander. ==Early and wartime career== Born in Wrexham on 13 October 1915, son of E. G. Rosier, a railway engine driver, Fred Rosier was educated at Grove Park School and played rugby for North Wales Schoolboys. He received a Short Service Commission in the Royal Air Force in 1935 and served with 43 Squadron (Fighters) flying Hawker Fury aircraft at Tangmere from 1936 to 1939.〔(Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation - Air Chief Marshal Sir Frederick Rosier )〕 He was a flight commander on No. 229 Squadron RAF (Hawker Hurricane aircraft) by May 1940〔 having helped form and convert the squadron from the Bristol Blenheim aircraft. He first saw active service during the Second World War in France where he commanded a detachment of 229 Squadron at Vitry-en-Artois near Arras and was shot down by an Messerschmitt Bf 109 receiving facial burns. Returning to active service by October 1940 he commanded 229 Squadron from RAF Northolt for the last 12 days of the Battle of Britain.〔 He embarked with 229 Squadron for North Africa on board and led the aircraft in a take-off from ship to North Africa via Malta. Promoted to Wing Commander in 1941, he took charge of No. 263 Wing where he had joint operational control of the Desert Air Force's fighter squadrons. In November 1941 he spotted an Australian Tomahawk aircraft being forced down by enemy fighters and landed his single-seater to rescue the pilot. Having got Sgt. Burney aboard he attempted to take-off but suffered a burst tyre and crashed the aircraft. Both he and Burney walked across the desert for four days, avoiding large enemy patrols, to reach safety with a Guards unit. Rosier became the deputy commander of No. 211 Fighter Group and was awarded the Distinguished Service Order for operations over Libya in 1941. Returning to the UK in 1943 he became Officer Commanding No. 52 Operational Training Unit and then Commanding officer of RAF Northolt. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire mid that year.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Frederick Rosier」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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