{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2017}} {{Use British English|date=July 2017}} {{Infobox military person |name = Roy Kenneth Orrock |image = |image_size = |alt = |caption = |birth_date = {{Birth date|1921|01|18|df=y}} |death_date = {{Death date and age|2002|07|11|1921|01|18|df=y}} |birth_place = Romford, Essex, England |death_place = Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge |burial_place = |nickname = |allegiance = United Kingdom |branch = Royal Air Force |service_years = 1940–1976 |rank = Air Commodore |service_number = |unit = No. 22 Squadron RAF<br>No. 248 Squadron RAF |commands = No. 248 Squadron RAF (1945–46)<br/>RAF Valley (1963–65)<br/>Royal Observer Corps (1973–75) |battles = Second World War |awards = Distinguished Flying Cross |relations = |other_work = }} Air Commodore '''Roy Kenneth Orrock''' DFC (18{{nbsp}}January 1921{{snd}}11{{nbsp}}July 2002) was a British pilot during the Second World War and a senior Royal Air Force officer in the post-war years. He served as the fourteenth Commandant Royal Observer Corps from 1973 to 1975.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rafweb.org/Organsation/Grp09.htm|title=Units directly responsible to Ministry level|work=rafweb.org|accessdate=7 June 2015}}</ref> He was Aide-de-camp to Queen Elizabeth II.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rafweb.org/Biographies/Orrock.htm |publisher=Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation|title= Air Commodore R K Orrock|accessdate=7 June 2015}}</ref>
During the Second World War, Orrock flew with No. 22 Squadron RAF flying the Bristol Beaufighter moving to the Mediterranean in 1942 after which the unit was posted to North Africa and then the far east and later as commanding officer of No. 248 Squadron RAF flying the de Havilland Mosquito. On 17 March 1945, whilst leading a strike force over Ålesund, Norway, Orrock's aircraft was hit by flak, but he made a successful ditching and became a POW until the end of the war.
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==External links== *[http://www.robbiereid.co.uk/rrdiary.html Banff Wing Strikes – Wing Commander R K Orrock] *[http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1963/1963%20-%201483.html RAF Valley station commander – Gp Captain R K Orrock]
{{s-start}} {{s-mil}} |- {{s-bef|before=E L McMillan}} {{s-ttl|title=Commander No. 4 Flying Training School|years=1963–1965}} {{s-aft|after=R P Harding}} |- {{s-bef|before=Edward Sismore}} {{s-ttl|title= Commandant Royal Observer Corps|years=1973–1975}} {{s-aft|after=Michael Horace Miller}} {{s-end}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Orrock, Roy Kenneth}} Category:1921 births Category:2002 deaths Category:Military personnel from the London Borough of Havering Category:Royal Air Force personnel of World War II Category:English aviators Category:People from Romford Category:People of the Royal Observer Corps Category:Recipients of the Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom) Category:Royal Air Force air commodores