Jim Pearce 1929-2017

摘要

The most successful warbird recovery specialist of the past 25 years, West Sussex-based Jim Pearce, died on 26 July at the age of 87. Born on a farm in Surrey on 21 October 1929, Jim began his working life there, but dreamed of becoming a pilot from a young age. He served with the RAF in Aden, and was to combine his love of flying and his roots in agriculture in the 1970s when he formed a crop-spraying business, going on to clock up thousands of hours dusting all over the world.