SQUADRON LEADER
SAMUEL ROBINSON

AIRMAN PRESUMED DEAD

Squadron Leader Samuel Robinson
War Graves Certificate

Mrs. Margaret Robinson of 34 Houghton Avenue, Ferrybridge, whose husband, Squadron Leader Samuel Robinson, D.F.M. was reported missing a year ago, has received word that he is now presumed dead.

He was the second son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Robinson, Englands Lane, Knottingley, and joined the R.A.F. immediately he left the Kings School, Pontefract, at the age of 16. In April,1939 he married Miss Margaret Beaumont, the youngest daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Tom Beaumont, of Vale Terrace, Ferrybridge.

He was awarded the D.F.M. in 1940 and received it at Buckingham Palace where he was accompanied by his wife. He was commissioned in April 1941 and within 12 months had reached the rank of Squadron Leader. During the war he made several trips over Germany and Italy, trained operational crews and also served as a Pathfinder pilot.

He was mentioned in the New Years Honours list in 1943. Besides the widow, there is one daughter.

Copied From The Pontefract and Castleford Express March 3rd 1943

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