Tom Neil Military person

Wing Commander Thomas Francis "Ginger" Neil, DFC*, AFC, AE is a famous World War II Royal Air Force fighter pilot, ace and one of the few remaining survivors of the Battle of Britain. Neil scored a total of 14 kills during the Second World War.

Personal facts

Birth dateJuly 14, 1920
Birth place
Bootle

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Military person

award
Bronze Star Medal
Air Force Cross (United Kingdom)
Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom)
Air Efficiency Award
military operations
Battle of Britain
Battle of Malta
military unit
No. 249 Squadron RAF
service start1938
service end1964

Topical connections

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Tom Neil on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00fktzs