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Geoffrey Warnes
Squadron Leader Geoffrey Berrington Warnes DSO, DFC (22 October 1914 – 22 February 1944) flew with No. 263 Squadron RAF during World War II. He was described by Group Captain J E "Johnnie" Johnson as a "gay, cheerful character" who was a "leader of men".〔Johnson, J.E. (1956). ''Wing Leader '', p197. London: Chatto and Windus.〕
He was the son of Clifford and Dorothy Warnes,〔( Commonwealth War Graves Commission )〕 as a child he lived in Headingley, Leeds; he was educated at Cockburn High School, leaving in 1931 "to work in an office".〔(Cockburn Admission Registers and Yorkshire Archive Service, quoted on )〕 He was a member of the Civil Air Guard where he learnt to fly with the Yorkshire Aeroplane Club at Yeadon Aerodrome, his instructor was "Ginger" Lacey (later Squadron Leader).〔''Flight'' (28 January 1943).〕〔''The People'', "Ace Pilot beat the Doctors", (undated)〕 He played rugby with Headingly Rugby Club (now Yorkshire Carnegie) from 1936 until the outbreak of war.〔''The Yorkshire Post'', "A special case", (undated)〕
==War Service==
At the outbreak of war Warnes volunteered as a pilot, he was rejected because he wore glasses and his eyesight was too bad to be corrected by lenses in flying goggles.〔 He persisted and was eventually rewarded when he was accepted for ground duties, he was commissioned as "Acting Pilot Officer (on probation)" in April 1940.〔''London Gazette'' (22 April 1940)〕 He was posted to France, but on returning after the Fall of France he was posted to a barrage balloon squadron.〔 He continued in his efforts to fly and was transferred to the General Duties Branch in November 1940〔''London Gazette'' (27 June 1941)〕 for training as a flying instructor. He accumulated 400 hours teaching trainee RAF pilots on Tiger Moths,〔 whilst still trying to get transferred to a combat unit. He was wearing spectacles under his flying goggles, but was challenged by his medical officer about the safety of this. With the threat of being grounded he consulted a specialist and, using £50 of his own money, invested in contact lenses. He was sent to Group Captain Philip Livingston (later Air Marshal), a consultant ophthalmologist in the RAF Medical Services, who gave permission for Warnes to fly on active missions.〔〔Livingston, Air Marshal Sir Philip. ''Fringe of the Clouds'' (1962). London, Johnson.〕 He was posted to 263 Squadron at Charmy Down in Somerset.〔
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