Laurence 'Pinkie' Stark, DFC & Bar, AFC (16 November 1920 – 1 August 2004) was a Royal Air Force pilot and Second World War flying ace.
Stark joined the Royal Air Force (RAF) in 1940 as an aircraftman 2nd class (service number 1058229) and was sent for flying training in Canada.
[6] He flew sorties in support of the D-Day landing attacking ground targets in northern France but, on 3 July, flying a Hawker Typhoon aircraft serial MN527 "X" he was shot down in Brittany baling out near Kerpert.
He has shot down 6 enemy aircraft in combat, whilst in attacks on the enemy targets on the ground he has destroyed an aircraft and a locomotive; he has also attacked a number of small vessels such as tugs and barges with damaging effect.Flight Lieutenant Stark has a completed a large number of sorties.
He has led his flight against many difficult and dangerous targets and despite heavy enemy opposition he has always pressed home his attacks to a successful conclusion.