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The first RAF pilot to be awarded a Victoria Cross (VC) has been honoured today with a new memorial paving stone in Whitehall Gardens, London. Hailed as a First World War hero, former banker Captain Ferdinand ‘Freddie’ West was a pilot with 8 Squadron, flying over France in his FK8 aircraft to gain information on enemy movements. On 10 August 1918 he and his observer … [Read more...] about RAF honours, Captain Ferdinand West, the first pilot to win the Victoria Cross