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| serviceyears = 1914–1946 | rank = Air Marshal | servicenumber = | unit = | commands = Deputy Air Officer Commanding | battles = | battles_label = | awards = | spouse = | relations = | laterwork = | signature = | website = }} Air Marshal Sir Robert Henry Magnus Spencer Saundby (26 April 1896 – 25 September 1971) was an RAF officer whose career spanned both World War I and World War II. He distinguished himself gaining five victories during World War I, and was present during the air battle when Lanoe Hawker was finally shot down and killed by Manfred von Richthofen, the "Red Baron". He is chiefly remembered for his role as Deputy AOC in C Bomber Command under Sir Arthur 'Bomber' Harris during the latter part of World War II. ==World War I== Robert Henry Magnus Spencer Saundby was born on 26 April 1896. He was the son of Professor Robert Saundby, and was born in Birmingham.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.aresgames.eu/3573 )〕 He left school in 1913 and joined the Traffic Department of the London and North Western Railway. He joined the Royal Warwickshire Regiment, Territorial Force at the outbreak of war in 1914 as a private soldier. Upon completing officer training in June 1915, he spent time at the front line until January 1916 when he joined the Royal Flying Corps. He became a qualified pilot and joined Britain's first single-seater fighter squadron, No. 24 Squadron RFC, in its original complement〔 under famous Major Lanoe Hawker VC, flying the Airco DH2 on the Western Front.〔http://www.theaerodrome.com/services/gbritain/rfc/24.php Retrieved on 17 August 2010.〕 His initial successes began on 31 July 1916; he drove down a Fokker Eindekker out of control, and was slightly wounded in the process. Saundby transferred from 24 Squadron to 41 Squadron on 26 January 1917. On 4 March, while flying FE.8 Serial No. 6431, he shared a victory over an Albatros. Following this win, he transferred to Home Defense in Britain. By 1917 he was at Orford Ness RFC Experimental Station, England, and on 20 February 1917 he became a Flight Commander, No 11 Training Squadron RFC Scampton. He ended the war in this role. On 17 June 1917 he was flying one of three aircraft, one of 37 Squadron RFC and two others from the Experimental Station that intercepted the Zeppelin L48 after she got lost trying to bomb London. As a result of their attacks, L48 crashed near Theberton. The victory was shared among the three air crews.〔 Saundby not only became an ace with this win, he was awarded the Military Cross. 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「Robert Saundby」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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