W/Cdr. A D J Lovell DSO* DFC*
Colin Cummings book "The Price Of Peace" states that this officer was killed ,in Spitfire XII EN234, on 17 Aug. 1945 whilst carrying out unauthorised aerobatics at low level - he was not strapped in.
A Google search reveals a few brief details of his wartime career but does anyone know more?
Why would an experienced W/Cdr, highly decorated, act so foolishly? Did he have domestic problems, was he drunk, was he one of those persons who only lived for the excitement of war?