M.544 First Officer  Richard Kenneth Lax 

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b. 3 May 1904, Leeds  7 Oct 1940 to 31 Jan 1945 

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Ed, Leeds Modern School for Boys; Leeds and Reading Universities.

Address in 1940: 6 Allerton Lodge, Harrogate Rd, Leeds 7

 m. 1929 in Leeds, Olive Mary [Crawford]

prev. a Company Director; Farmer


Postings: 2FPP

Two accidents, both his fault:

- 9 Sep 1941, when he made a bad landing in a Hurricane and applied the brakes 'coarsely';

- 10 Sep 1941, he landed (another) Hurricane with the wheels up.

Off sick from 14 Sep to 29 Oct 1941 with 'neuropathic fatigue', from 8 Jul to 18 Aug 1942, then 16 Sep to 10 Nov 1942 after a flying accident, 

 "An extremely willing pilot, whose flying has been limited due to his accident"


d. 8 May 1959 - Leamington Spa


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