Ray Holmes, the RAF sergeant who disabled a Dornier about to drop it's payload on Buckingham Palace in 1940, has died at the age of 90.
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A fascinating, modest and understated pilot - the TV programme where they dug up part of his aircraft last year was brilliant. Flags in his home town have been lowered to half mast in his honour.
Condolences to all who knew him.