GERTRUDE WRIGHT, aged 99
A proficient linguist, she survived the bombing of her home city, fled from the Red Army, became a translator and teacher and built a school in the Himalayas.
RALPH EHRMANN, aged 97
From being an RAF navigator, he rose to be Chairman of the toy company Airfix, using his experience to design models – and transformed the British toy market.
BOB LE SUEUR, aged 102
An insurance salesman who was active in the resistance in Jersey in the Channel Islands during the war, rescuing Russian slave labourers from the occupiers.
HAROLD WALMSLEY, aged 98
A Second World War flying Ace, he flew many missions in his Spitfire and was shot down in Belgium. After escaping, he went on to have a distinguished RAF career.
CAROLYN GRACE, aged 71
The world’s only qualified female Spitfire pilot who flew her own plane at airshows, she tragically died in the same manner as her husband.
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