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Roald Dahl

By SmilingCentaur

  • Birth

    Roald Dahl was born on the 13th of September 1916 in Llandaff, Cardiff, Wales

  • Dahl's First Job

    Roald Dahl joined shell oil company, and was happy with the work environment but wanted a job where he could travel

  • The Army

    Roald Dahl joins a group in the army called "The Royal Air Force" as a fighter pilot. He ended up fighting in World War 2

  • Injury

    Dahl was sent on a mission to fly to Abu Sueir, Egypt. It was during this mission that his plane ran out of fuel and he ended up crash landing and rolling out of a flaming cockpit

  • First Book

    The first book that Roald Dahl ever had published was his not so well known children's book "The Gremlins"

  • Marriage

    Dahl gets married to famous actress Patrica Neal

  • First Child

    Roald Dahl's first child is born, his daughter Olivia who dies 7 seven years later due to disease.

  • Second Child

    Roald Dahl's second child, his daughter Tessa is born, she later grew up to become an English author

  • Third Child

    Roald Dahl's third child, his son Theo was born

  • Death

    Roald Dahl died at the age of 74 on the 23rd of November, 1990 at Oxford, England