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Roald Dahl was born on september 13

9091. He often carried a camera with him and he loved taking photographs.

When he left school, Roald Dahl went on a hiking trip through Newfoundland, Canada.

In 1934 he was employed by Shell Petroleum Company, working in Kenya and Tanzania.

In 1939, Roald Dahl became a lieutenant in the King’s African Rifles (an East African regiment of the British Army). Later that year, he joined the Royal Air Force as a fighter pilot.

He was badly injured in 1940 when he crash landed his Gloster Gladiator biplane in an Egyptian desert. He fractured his skull, broke his nose and passed out.

In 1941, Roald Dahl experienced his first aerial combat situation during World War He shot down a German plane in his Hawker Hurricane.

He took part in the Battle of Athens during World War 2 on 20th April 1941.

In late 1941, Dahl started to get headaches so severe that they made him lose consciousness. He was sent back to Britain.

In 1942, he worked in Washington DC as an Assistant Air Attache (a diplomat).

During the war he was recruited by the spymaster, William Stephenson. He provided MI6 with intelligence from Washington, working alongside Ian Fleming (the creator of James Bond ) and several others.

Dahl left the Royal Air Force in 1946

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