Owen Roberts (also known as "The Commander") (17 September 1912 – 10 April 1953) was a British Royal Air Force officer, aviator and founder of Caribbean International Airways.
His paternal grandparents were wealthy American businessman Marshall Owen Roberts,[1] and the former Sarah Lawrence "Susan" Endicott.
[citation needed] ST-12 Monospar G-ADLL was purchased by Captain Owen Roberts who entered it into the King Cup air race of 1935 and was placed 19th out of 20.
On 28 November 1952 with a crowd of several hundred onlookers, Roberts piloted a PBY Catalina to a perfect landing on the partially completed airport runway.
Within six months after that landing, Roberts had acquired two used Lockheed Lodestar airliners purchased to keep up with the competition whose interest was now piqued by the soon-to-be completed airfield at George Town.