We salute you

摘要

Cdr Scott Carpenter - US Navy test pilot who later became the second American astronaut to orbit the Earth - died on October 10, aged 88; Gp Capt Ronnie Churcher dso lvo dfc* - flew 70 operations on Hampdens, Manchester, Lancasters and Mosquitos with 106,619 and 627 Squadrons, later flying as a captain on the King's Flight and commanding 216 Squadron -on October 25, aged 91; Fit Lt Ron Clark dfc - pilot of 100 Squadron's Lancaster Phantom of the Ruhr, which he flew on 25 operations, before going on to fly airliners with BOAC and British Airways - on September 29, aged 92; Fg Off Ed Cooke -wireless operator and gunner with 102 Squadron on Whitleys and Halifaxes before becoming an instructor with 19 OTU - on November 11, aged 92.