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Tom Neil. Thomas Francis "Ginger" Neil, DFC & Bar, AFC, AE (14 July 1920 – 11 July 2018) was a British aviator, fighter pilot and flying ace in the Royal Air Force. [1] Neil flew during the Battle of Britain, and shot down 14 enemy aircraft during the Second World War. [2]
- 1938–1964
- Royal Air Force
On July 11, 2018, Tom Neil, one of only two living RAF aces from the Battle of Britain, died a few days short of his 98th birthday. He flew an astonishing 141 combat missions in the Battle. His very long career in the RAF (he did not retire until 1964) also included such things as the Battle of Malta, and intercepting jet-powered V-1 "buzz bombs" over Britain in 1944.
Jul 12, 2018 · Wing Commander Tom Neil, one of the nation’s last only surviving Battle of Britain pilots, has died aged 97 on the day the RAF celebrated its 100th anniversary. Wing Cdr Neil was “the epitome ...
The fighter pilot Tom Neil hated being called “Ginger”, but revelled in his other nickname, “Hawkeye”, bestowed for his unerring ability to sense the presence of enemy aircraft, identify ...
Jul 20, 2010 · Gun Button to Fire: A Hurricane Pilot’s Dramatic Story of the Battle of Britain. Tom Neil. 97818 4868 8483. Desperate to join the RAF from the age of 12, Tom Neil makes no bones about the fact that the war was ‘a very exciting business for a 19-year-old’. He acknowledges in the foreword to this, his sixth book on his experiences as a ...
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Tom claimed 13 German aircraft destroyed during the Battle, and subsequently shot down an Italian Macchi C.200 fighter whilst flying from Malta in 1941. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) in October 1940 and a Bar to it in November that year. Hurricane LF363 with Tom Neil’s 249 Sqn ‘GN-F’ code letters on its port side.
Oct 1, 2010 · Desperate to join the RAF from the age of 12, Tom Neil makes no bones about the fact that the war was ‘a very exciting business for a 19-year-old’. He acknowledges in the foreword to this, his sixth book on his experiences as a fighter pilot, that some may consider his approach to such a grave subject as too light-hearted.
