Audio From the Past [E03] - WW2 - James “Ginger” Lacey Interview (1978)

Audio From the Past [E03] - WW2 - James “Ginger” Lacey Interview (1978) James "Ginger" Lacey was the Royal Air Force's top scorer during the Battle of Britain. The total number of enemy aircraft he had brought down by the end of the war was 28. Lacey recounts the daily life of a sergeant fighter pilot during the Battle of Britain in this unedited interview with Norman Tozer (August 1978). The grizzled veteran talks about the importance of training, how pilots felt about the enemy, dealing with the death of comrades, the differences between Hurricanes and Spitfires, and the issue of class barriers in the squadrons.