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Tom Neil
Wing Commander Thomas Francis "Ginger" Neil, DFC *, AFC, AE is a famous World War II Royal Air Force fighter pilot, ace and one of the few remaining survivors of the Battle of Britain. Neil scored a total of 14 kills during the Second World War.〔http://www.military-art.com/mall/profiles.php?SigID=52〕 ==Early life== Neil was born in Bootle on 14 July 1920;〔http://merlinsovermalta.gdenney.co.uk/shop/coulson/biograhies/index.html#Thomas Francis Neil〕 he had a keen interest in aircraft as a child and played cricket and football for local teams. His family moved to Manchester when he was 16, and he attended Eccles Secondary (grammar) School where he was awarded an art prize for a drawing of an aeroplane. After taking the School Certificate in 1937 he started work at the District Bank in Gorton whilst training to be a pilot with the RAF Volunteer Reserve 〔(Thomas Neil at Salford War Memorials ). Retrieved 8 January 2013〕 Tom had wanted to attend Cranwell (the RAF Officer training college) but his parents did not approve of his plan!
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