Various items relating to Robert Allan Yorston

• Main Author: Their Finest Hour Project Team
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2024
• Subjects: British history; European history (excl. British; classical Greek and Roman); International history; Their Finest Hour; World War Two; Africa; African; Battle; Battle of Britain; Britain; British; British Empire; Commonwealth; Empire; England; Flight; Medal; Naval; Navy; Photo; Photograph; Photographs; Photos; Sea Battle; South Africa; South African; Submarine; Training; UK; United Kingdom; Arctic; Cornwall; Iceland
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.25446/oxford.25911910.v1; https://figshare.com/articles/online_resource/Various_items_relating_to_Robert_Allan_Yorston/25911910

The items relate to the service of Robert Allan Yorston as a pilot in WWII. He was a student when war broke out and became a pilot in Coastal Command. He didn't take part in the Battle of Britain. He took his pilot training in South Africa before spending time in Cornwall and Iceland. He escorted convoys and undertook submarine patrols. His 269 Squadron got a submarine to surrender. He was awarded the Arctic Star medal. In 1995, he attended a reunion at Calderas Airfield in Iceland, although Icelanders had mixed feelings about the pilots during the war, as they were neutral. After the war, he returned to his studies and became an ENT surgeon. He retired in 1985 and died in 2016 at the age of 96. He left behind a wealth of material related to his war service, including log books, photo albums, medals, and heliographs.