Billy Drake

Group Captain Billy Drake DSO, DFC amp Bar was a British air ace. He scoredenemy aircraft confirmed destroyed, six probable and nine damaged with the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. Drake flew Hawker Hurricanes, Supermarine Spitfires and Curtiss P40s , with squadrons based in France, England, West Africa, North Africa and Malta. He was the topscoring RAF P40 pilot and the secondhighestscoring British Commonwealth P40 pilot, behind Clive Caldwell.

Drake was born in London, to an Australian mother and a British father. He was educated in Switzerland.

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