We salute you

摘要

MRAF Sir Michael Beetham gcb cbe dfc afc dl - Lancaster pilot who completed 30 'ops' with 50 Sguadron, rising to become a high ranking RAF commander - died on October 24, aged 92; Air Cdre David Bywater - V-bomber pilot, test pilot and commandant of ASAEE, Boscombe Down - on September 24, aged 78; Flt Lt Eric Clarke - flew as a wireless operator and gunner on 49 Sguadron Hampdens, Manchester and Lancasters, surviving to become his sguadron association's oldest member - on November 2, aged 102; Sgn Ldr Hugh Grant-Dalton dfc~* - Lancaster pilot with 100 Sguadron who completed two operational tours - on September 12, aged 94; Gp Capt Terry Gledhill afc -flew a Canberra during the thermo-nuclear test at Christmas Island and later commanded a Vulcan squadron and RAF Finningley - on October 17, aged 89; Sqn Ldr Philip Lawson - Martin Baltimore pilot on 223 Squadron who flew 90 'ops' over Italy, and later organised the evacuation of 1,000 Yugoslav partisans from Montenegro - on October 6, aged 94; Sqn Ldr Bob Lockhart - credited with rescuing a 30-man Gurkha patrol, he flew Gloster Javelins during the Indonesian Confrontation, as well as Meteor and Venom night-fighters - on September 16, aged 90; Sqn Ldr Eric Markwell - served in the RAF from 1943 until 1977, with units including 159 and 232 Squadrons, 135 Wing at Bruggen and 209 Squadron in the Far East - on October 20, aged 92; Sqn Ldr Leslie Marsh dfm - gunner on 103 Squadron Lancasters who gained a DFM on his fifth 'op' - on October 13; Sgt George 'Mac' McNamara - flew as rear gunner on 106 Squadron Lancasters - on September 30, aged 91; Gp Capt Hans Neubroch obe - commanded 35 Squadron with Canberras and RAF Wattisham with Lightnings - on October 5, aged 92; Gp Capt Reg Price dfc~* - Beaufighter navigator who flew three tours with the North Coates and Banff Strike Wings - on October 10, aged 93; AVM Sir John Severne kcvo obe afc - fighter pilot, station commander at Kinloss, Eguerry to the Duke of Edinburgh and later Captain of the Queen's Flight - on October 4, aged 90; Gp Capt Allan Wright dfc~* afc - Battle of Britain ace who flew Spitfires with 92 Squadron and was credited with 11 victories and three shared - on September 16, aged 95.