Air Commodore JF Roulston
Air officers
- Rank
- Air Commodore
- Honours
- CBE DSO DFC
- Squadron
- No 55 Squadron
- School
- Queen's College, University of Cape Town
- Born
- 1913
- Fate
- Died 1973
- In the book
- Pages 31, 85, 167
From the book
Links of Long Standing
Several joined well before war was declared including amongst others, TH Archbell, AS Ainslie, I Bocock, CBE Burt-Andrews GL Cruickshanks, G Chater, IB Difford, FA Harte, GDL Haysom, CB Hull, GLB Hull, AG “Sailor” Malan, EJ Morris, MT Pattle, H Rosofsky, JF Roulston RN Selley, HWL Sheahan CR Taylor and FL Watson.
More than a “Few” South Africans
Wing Commander Leon DFC assumed command of No 55 Squadron, a day bomber unit operating Baltimore’s out of Foggia in early 1944. The second South African to command the squadron, Queens College educated Air Commodore JF Roulston CBE DSO DFC commanded the squadron in 1942, then flying North African based Blenheim’s.