We salute you

摘要

Harold Colliver - part of the pre-war design team for the Spitfire and later the record-breaking Fairey FD2 - died on December 17, aged 98; George Cristinacce - a wartime Free French Spitfire pilot who served with 341 Squadron - December 12, aged 88; Fit Lt W J 'Jimmy' Corbin dfc - fighter pilot and one of 'The Few' who flew with 66 and 610 Squadrons in 1940, going on to join 72 Squadron in North Africa - on December 7, aged 95; Sqn Ldr Dave Evans - who flew Mustangs with 285 Squadron - on December 9, aged 89; Sqn Ldr Bill 'Alfie' Fripp - Bristol Blenheim wireless operator shot down and captured in October 1939 and thought to have been the longest-serving British PoW - on January 3, aged 99.