SOE Rippingale, Frederick Lionel (Rip)

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Rippingale ​

• FORENAME

Frederick Lionel (Rip) ​

• UNIT

1 Special Force SOE ​

• RANK

officer ​

• NUMBER

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• AWARD

Member of the Order of the British Empire (Mil) ​

• PLACE

Italy 1945 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

parent unit Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve​

born 20.9.1916 London​

educated Erith County School​

employed,Royal Dutch Shell Group​

R.A.F.V.R. 1939​

commissioned​

observer-navigator​

45 Squadron 1941​

Blenheim shot down November 1941 Western Desert​

injured and POW​

POW camp,Italy​

escaped September 1943​

fought with Partisans​

reached Allied lines November 1944​

SOE No 1 Special Force​

dropped Italy February 1945 (Op. Insulin)​

left Italy July 1945​

MBE gazetted 1.6.1945​

employed,Royal Dutch Shell Group (retired 1975)​

married Maria Berni (Italian partisan) 1945 (died) (2 sons)​

married Claudia Maddocks 1982 (1 stepson)​

died 6.1.2011​

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