Roy Calvert
| Roy Calvert | |
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Roy Calvert c.1943
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| Born |
31 October 1913 Cambridge, New Zealand |
| Died | 26 March 2002 (aged 88) Cambridge, New Zealand |
| Allegiance |
 New Zealand
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| Service/branch |
 Royal New Zealand Air Force
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| Years of service | 1939–1945 |
| Rank | Squadron Leader |
| Unit |
No. 50 Squadron RAF No. 630 Squadron RAF |
| Battles/wars | Second World War |
| Awards |
Distinguished Flying Cross & Two Bars Mentioned in Despatches |
| Other work | Farmer |
Roy Oldfield Calvert, DFC & Two Bars (31 October 1913 – 26 March 2002) was an officer of the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) during the Second World War. He is one of only four New Zealand born airmen to receive two Bars to his Distinguished Flying Cross.
Calvert was born on 31 October 1913 in Cambridge, a small town in the Waikato Region, of New Zealand's North Island. He was educated at Cambridge Primary School and between 1926 and 1929, King's College School in Auckland. Before joining the RNZAF Calvert was a wool grader in the Cambridge district.
Calvert volunteered for the RNZAF very early on in the war and was eventually accepted in December 1940. He began training at the Ground Training School, Wereroa, near Levin. At the completion of this course in May 1941, he received his Wings as a qualified RNZAF pilot. Calvert was posted Liverpool, England, via Canada and sent to No 2 School of Navigation, at RAF Cranage, where he trained in navigation on the Avro Anson light bomber. On 14 April 1942, Calvert was posted to No. 50 Squadron based at RAF Skellingthorpe. Two days later he flew his first operational mission in a Manchester on a night raid on Lille, France. Despite their unreliable engines, Calvert enjoyed flying Manchesters.
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