Sir Max Aitken, 2nd Baronet
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Sir John William Maxwell Aitken, 2nd Baronet,, briefly 2nd Baron Beaverbrook in 1964, was a Canadian-British fighter pilot and flying ace of the Second World War, a Conservative politician, and press
Aitken in 1936
Portrait of Aitken, drawn by the war artist Cuthbert Orde in 1940
Richard Hillary
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Flight Lieutenant Richard Hope Hillary was an Anglo-Australian Royal Air Force fighter pilot during the Second World War. He wrote the book The Last Enemy about his experiences during the Battle of Br
Sir Max Aitken, 2nd Baronet
…Command) in 1944. He reached the rank of group captain, achieving 16 1/2 kills (one a shared aircraft). He did some of his early flying training with Richard Hillary, to whom he was known as Bill, and was featured in Hillary's book The Last Enemy. In 1946, Aitken entered the family newspaper business, as a director…
Memorial to Richard Hillary and his crew at the site of the former RAF Charterhall, near Greenlaw, Berwickshire.