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Eric Stanley Lock, DSO, DFC & Bar (19 April 1919 – 3 August 1941) was a British Royal Air Force (RAF) fighter pilot and flying ace of the Second World War. Born in Shrewsbury, Shropshire in 1919, Lock had his first experience of flying as a teenager.
9 de abr. de 2005 · A fighter pilot of great skill and bravery, he was killed before reaching his 22nd birthday. Shropshire-born Eric Lock might have achieved much in civilian life, but circumstances conspired...
21 de may. de 2015 · Eric Lock was the most successful British-born RAF pilot during the Battle of Britain. By the time of his death in 1941 ‘Sawn Off Lockie’ Lock was a quadruple ace with 21 kills with the majority of these coming during the Battle of Britain -16.
15 de sept. de 2020 · Eric Lock is remembered for being one of the very best Aces of the Second World War, and were it not for his disappearance and presumed death on August 3, 1941, ten months on from the end of the Battle of Britain, he may have been officially named as our greatest ever pilot.
Eric Stanley Lock was born in Bayston Hill, Shrewsbury, Shropshire on the 19th April 1919 to Dora and Charles Edward Lock, they worked the land at Bomere Farm and ran a business with the adjacent Sharpstone Quarry.
3 de jun. de 2022 · This is the story of Eric Lock, the famous RAF Spitfire ace and the highest scoring pilot of the Battle of Britain. Made using IL-2 Sturmovik and War Thunder...
Learn about Eric Lock, the most successful British-born fighter pilot in the Battle of Britain, who shot down 22 German aircraft and was awarded the DFC and DSO. Find out his biography, achievements, and fate in this resource for schools.
