Christopher McEvoy

Christopher McEvoy, DFC (2 February 1899 – 12 October 1953) was a British aviator and flying ace, credited with nine aerial victories during the First World War.

[1] He was awarded Distinguished Flying Cross, gazetted on 23 September 1918: A gallant pilot who has destroyed six enemy machines in a few months.

[3]McEvoy returned to service in the Second World War, being appointed a temporary pilot officer on probation on 1 September 1939.

[4] He served in the rank of flight lieutenant as a codes officer for RAF Coastal Command.

[1] It seems likely he got in some cockpit time, as he was still serving as a pilot officer when he surrendered his commission because of illness on 7 September 1940.