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Frederick Higginson
Wing Commander Frederick "Taffy" Higginson (17 February 1913 – 12 February 2003),〔 was a fighter ace of the Royal Air Force during World War II.
The Flight Sergeant was part of the deployment which went to Dunkirk in 1940, where he became an ace within the first six months of the war. Awarded the DFM and commissioned as a Flight Lieutenant, by the time he was shot down over Lille in 1941, he had reached a tally of 15 victories. After capture, escape to Vichy France, recapture, he returned to England via Monte Carlo and Spain. Returning to operations in late 1942, the air battle required that he used his knowledge in training new pilots and developing improved strategies and tactics.
== Early life ==
Frederick William Higginson was the son of a policeman, born into a Welsh language-speaking family in Gorseinon, Swansea, on 17 February 1913. Educated at Gowerton Grammar School, he joined the RAF straight from school as an apprentice in 1929, aged 16. Assigned for training at RAF Halton,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Halton Apprentices - The Gallantry Awards and Honours )〕 he was allocated service number: 44630. In 1932 he was posted as a fitter-airgunner to No 7 Bomber Squadron.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=P/O F W Higginson )〕
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