Robert cowper biography
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Australian flying ace
Robert Barson Cowper, DFC & Bar, OAM (24 June 1922 – 19 June 2016) was a flying ace of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) during the Second World War.
He was credited with at least six aerial victories.
From New South Wales, Cowper joined the RAAF in 1940. After completing his flight training the following year, he was sent to the United Kingdom to serve with the Royal Air Force.
Cowper was posted to No. 153 Squadron, a night fighting unit, before going to the Middle East to serve with No. 89 Squadron and then No. 108 Squadron on Malta in 1943. He achieved his first aerial victories in the lead up to and during the Allied invasion of Sicily.
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Awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC), he returned to the United Kingdom later in the year as an instructor. In May 1944 he returned to operational flying with a posting to No. 456 Squadron and during the invasion of Normandy, shot down several German aircraft.
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