RAF Pilot in Special Operations

<p dir="ltr">Ranulf Trevor Roper joined the RAF before 1939. He served in Iraq, Cairo, and Kenya. He moved into Special Operations as part of 299 Squadron. He flew as a Glider tug at Arnhem and in the Rhine assault (Operation Varsity). There's a log entry on the Rhine Assault. In between glider tugging, the 299 Squadron did Special Ops to Norway and Poland dropping supplies and/or agents to the resistance. He was shot down by a German night fighter and crashed into a marsh near Vergarshei, Norway on 31 March 1945. He was flying a Short Sterling bomber. I have photographs of the grave marker and a letter to the family notifying them of the grave marker in a churchyard in Norway.</p><p>Another member of the family has been across to Norway and there were parts of the aircraft still there. He brought a piece back for my father.<br>I have some photos of him in his uniform.</p>