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Brian Lane, remembered as a calm and popular leader of ‘A’ Flight of the No. 19 Squadron, flew operations over Dunkirk in May 1940 and flew countless sorties during the Battle of Britain. Although an officer, Lane “knew everyone under his command by their first name and had time for us all, no matter how lowly their rank,” according to the Imperial War Museums. In December 1942, he was killed in combat over the Dutch coast shortly after being given command of No. 167 Squadron. (Alamy)