| 词条 | Roy Orrock |
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|name = Roy Kenneth Orrock |image = |image_size = |alt = |caption = |birth_date = {{Birth date|1921|01|18|df=y}} |death_date = {{Death date and age|2002|07|11|1921|01|18|df=y}} |birth_place = Romford, Essex, England |death_place = Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge |placeofburial = |nickname = |allegiance = United Kingdom |branch = Royal Air Force |serviceyears = 1940–1976 |rank = Air Commodore |servicenumber = |unit = No. 22 Squadron RAF No. 248 Squadron RAF |commands = Royal Observer Corps (1973–75) RAF Valley (1963–65) No. 248 Squadron RAF (1945–46) |battles = Second World War |awards = Distinguished Flying Cross |relations = |laterwork = }}Air Commodore Roy Kenneth Orrock DFC (18 January 1921 – 11 July 2002) was a British pilot during the Second World War and a senior Royal Air Force officer in the post-war years. He served as the fourteenth Commandant Royal Observer Corps from 1973 to 1975.[1] He was Aide-de-camp to Queen Elizabeth II.[2] During the Second World War, Orrock flew with No. 22 Squadron RAF flying the Bristol Beaufighter moving to the Mediterranean in 1942 after which the unit was posted to North Africa and then the far east and later as Commanding officer of No. 248 Squadron RAF flying the de Havilland Mosquito. On the 17th March 1945 whilst leading a strike force over Aalesund Norway, Orrock's aircraft was hit by flak but made a successfully ditching but became a POW until the end of the war. References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.rafweb.org/Organsation/Grp09.htm|title=Units directly responsible to Ministry level|work=rafweb.org|accessdate=7 June 2015}} 2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.rafweb.org/Biographies/Orrock.htm |publisher=Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation|title= Air Commodore R K Orrock|accessdate=7 June 2015}} External links
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