Miles Kingsmill Moore
My name is Hugh Kingsmill Moore. I am sad to report that my father died after a short illness, surrounded by his three children and his beloved wife Ann, early on Tuesday morning (2/6/15) . He was 85. He retired from a distinguished medical career in 1993 and promptly regained his PPL at Blackbushe.
He did this with the express purpose of proving to his three children that all the flying yarns were not entirely fictional. He flew each of us at least once for a day trip. My trip with my sister Alex to the Isle of White being a wonderful and treasured memory. Not long after these trips he hung up his flying gloves for good. He spoke often and warmly about his days at Autair and Court Line and never lost his love of aviation.
The tale of the perilous trip to Lourdes is deeply entrenched in KM family history, as it should be after about a thousand tellings! Dad will be missed terribly but gave us all a yardstick with which to measure a truly honourable, fulfilled life. RIP dad.
Hugh
ps it was a Bentley (wouldn't have been seen dead in a flashy Rolls)