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Jim McCairns
James Atterby McCairns, DFC and 2 Bars, MM, Croix de Guerre 1939-1945, (21 September 1919 – 13 June 1948) also known as Jim or Mac was an English pilot with the Royal Air Force. He flew the Supermarine Spitfire fighter before becoming a prisoner of war, escaping and returning to England. He returned to active service as a “special duties” pilot working with Special Operations Executive, carrying agents to and from occupied France, before returning to combat in 1945 as a successful fighter pilot. He was decorated for gallantry five times and was killed in an air crash in 1948.
==Early life==
McCairns was born on 21 September 1919 in Niagara Falls, New York, USA,〔Verity (2013), p.58〕 the son of Kate Elizabeth and Thomas McCairns an English engineer who was working in the USA.〔(Chichester Website – James McCairns )〕 His mother brought him to England for the first time aboard the ocean liner “Regina” sailing from Montreal and arriving in Liverpool on 18 June 1922. They visited family at Brigg, Lincolnshire before returning to Quebec on 30 September 1922 aboard the ocean liner “Canopic”. The family returned to England on 30 September 1930 from Boston, Massachusetts aboard the liner “Duchess of York” ,〔Passenger Lists, arrivals in the UK – 1922 and 1930〕 the family settled at 20 Chapelgate, Retford,〔(Comet Escape Line website – J A McCairns )〕 and he completed his education at King Edward VI Grammar School, Retford.
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