Squadron Leader James Harry “Ginger” Lacey DFM & Bar was one of the top scoring Royal Air Force fighter pilots of the Second World War and was the second highest scoring British RAF fighter pilot of the Battle of Britain behind P/O Eric Lock of No. 41 Squadron RAF. Lacey was credited with 28 enemy aircraft destroyed five probables and nine damaged. He later served as a technical advisor on the movie “The Battle of Britain”.
