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CDR LEONIDAS  H. ROBERTS, USNR
CDR LEONIDAS H. ROBERTS, USNR


CDR LEONIDAS H. ROBERTS, USNR
FLIGHT LOG ID: 467


Service Date In: 07/02/1941 Date of Birth: 02/27/1921
Service Date Out: 06/20/1947
Aviation Designation Naval Aviator
State/College Attended Univ Florida Ph.D
City, State Gainsville,FL

Highest Personnal Decoration or Award:
Dist Flying Cross

Theaters/Campaigns:
Pacific Theater

Aircraft:
PBM
SNJ
OS2U
N3N
N2S

Ship/Units/Deployments:
OTU-3 NAS Banana River, FL, 8/1945
VPB-17, 01/1944
NATC, NAS Pensacola/NRAB Pa 8/1941, 9/1941

Associations/Service Organizations:
Ret. Officers Assn.
Mariner/Marlin Assn.

Significant Achievements:
Awarded Navy Commendation Medal for Air/Sea rescue of survivors from a B-25 ditching south of Formosa (2/20/1945). 3,538 mil. flight hrs. 3,140 Civ. flight hrs. 40 yrs. as Science Prof. at Univ. Florida. (Prof Emeritus). MS degree W. Va Univ. BS degree Waynesburg College.


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