James Lacey was the RAF's top scorer during the Battle of Britain. He later went on to command No 17 Squadron in Assam, India. The total number of enemy aircraft he had brought down by the end of ...

So he has heard a lot about the Islands from them as well from RAF colleagues. Born and educated in Croydon, Air Commodore Lacey joined the RAF in 1972 as a University Cadet, graduating from ...