<i>Pilot Officer William "Willie" McKnight, serving with No. 242 (Canadian) Squadron RAF, September 1940.</i><br>
Pilot Officer William Lidstone "Willie" McKnight, a fighter pilot from Calgary, Canada, photographed during the Battle of Britain, when serving  with No. 242 (Canadian) Squadron RAF.  Between May and November 1940, McKnight achieved 16.5 victories in combats over France and England.  He was shot down and killed during a low level intruder sortie ('Rhubarb') over France, on 12 January 1941.
<bdi><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q112244814" class="extiw" title="d:Q112244814"><span title="press photographer and official photographer of the British Royal Air Force">Stanley Arthur Devon</span></a>
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