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Article: Battle of Britain: Final flight of an unsung Shropshire lad.
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- The Birmingham Post (England)
- Article date:
- September 9, 2000
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Worcestershire policeman Dilip Sarkar has solved the mystery of the death of a Battle of Britain hero from the West Midlands.
Flight Lieutenant Eric Lock DSO, DFC and Bar, died on August 3, 1941, after flying across the Channel with another Spitfire.
'He was last seen strafing German soldiers near Calais,' recalls Sarkar, whose company, Ramrod ...