Dear All,
Many of you will know that we requested places on this year’s Annual Remembrance Day marchpast at the Cenotaph. We were allocated a total of 15 places and, to date, we’ve got 7 people requesting places. We will be confirming these places with the Royal British Legion in the next few weeks and instructions for the whole day will then be sent by the Legion directly to your email account. If you have any ex-41 Squadron colleagues who you think may be interested in the remaining places, then please do not hesitate to make contact with them. Kind Regards Andy Myers Association Chairman
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Wing Commander Tom Neil DFC*, AFC, one of the last of the Few and a regular visitor to the Battle of Britain Memorial in recent years, has died. Wg Cdr Neil, who died on Wednesday evening (11 July), just three days before his 98th birthday, flew Hurricanes with No 249 Squadron throughout the Battle of Britain. A pre-war member of the RAFVR, he is credited with having destroyed more than 17 enemy aircraft, most of them during the Battle. He went on to see further action in Malta, where he commanded No 41 Squadron. Wg Cdr Neil returned to the UK to fly Spitfires over the Channel and elsewhere during 1943. Attached to the American 9th Air Force in 1944, he took part in the invasion of Normandy and remained with the USAAF until the Allies reached the German border. He later saw action in Burma. After the war, Wing Cdr Neil spent four years as a service test pilot. He has flown more than 100 types of aircraft. Wg Cdr Neil leaves three married sons, Terence, Patrick and Ian. His wife Eileen died in 2014. A private cremation is expected to be followed by a later memorial service for Wing Cdr Neil and his late wife. |
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