Flight Lieutenant T F Neil (left) and Flying Officer R G A Barclay of No. 249 Squadron RAF at North Weald, Essex, May 1941. CH2750

Flight Lieutenant T F Neil (left) and Flying Officer R G A Barclay of No. 249 Squadron RAF at North Weald, Essex, May 1941.
Two fighter pilots of No. 249 Squadron RAF at North Weald, Essex. Flight Lieutenant T F Neil (left) saw action in the Battle of Britain and, by November 1940, had shot down 11 enemy aircraft and shared 2. At the time of this photograph he was a flight commander on the Squadron, soon to proceed to Malta where he increased his score to 17 by December 1941. Flying Officer R G A Barclay (right), had returned to operations with 249 Squadron after being shot down in November 1940 with 5 enemy aircraft credited to him. He commanded No. 601 Squadron RAF in April 1942, and from July, No. 238 Squadron RAF in North Africa. He added a further 2 to his score before being shot down and killed on 17 July 1942.