James Harry Lacey,, known as Ginger Lacey, was one of the top scoring Royal Air Force fighter pilots of the Second World War and was the second-highest scoring RAF fighter pilot of the Battle of Britain, behind Pilot Officer Eric Lock of No. 41 Squadron RAF. Lacey was credited with 28 enemy aircraft destroyed, five probables and nine damaged.
"Ginger" Lacey c. 1940.
Lacey works on a model aeroplane in No 501 Squadron's dispersal hut at Colerne on 30 May 1941
Plaque unveiling on the site of Lacey's childhood home in Wetherby in 2017
Blue plaque
King James's School, Knaresborough
King James's School is located on King James Road, Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, England. King James's is a large non-selective school with a large sixth form.
King James's School, Knaresborough