Wing Cdr Laddie Lucas

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Pilot, politician, writer and golfer Percy Lucas, known as Laddie, showed considerable talent for golf at an early age. He studied Economics at Pembroke College, Cambridge, England, and was leading amateur golfer in the 1935 British Open. He became one of the first pilots to learn to fly under the Empire scheme in Canada. He was assigned as personal assistant to the Duke of Kent in autumn 1942, and in 1943 took charge of 616 Squadron. He worked with the Greyhound Racing Association from 1946, becoming chairman in 1965.

Lucas, Percy Belgrave

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Bill Reid VC

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Pilot and agricultural adviser Bill Reid was born in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1921. He joined the RAF Volunteer Reserve in 1940 and trained in North America. He left the RAF in 1946 and studied at Glasgow University and the West of Scotland Agricultural College.

United States, Population information, People NEC, Reid, William

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Air Vice-Marshal Johnnie Johnson

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Air-force officer James Johnson was born in Barrow-upon-Soar, England, in 1915. He qualified as a civil engineer at Nottingham University, England, in 1937, and joined 616 squadron after completing flying training in Aug 1940.

Johnson, James Edgar

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