Regular contributor Barry M Marsden takes a look at the triumphs and tragedies of local pilots during World War One, including the remarkable tale of an air captain from one of Derbyshire’s most famous families who dined with the future Queen Mother at her childhood home Glamis Castle just before his final, fateful flight.
The Royal Flying Corps was the youngest of Britain’s fighting services in World War One, and many Derbyshiremen volunteered as pilots, observers and groundcrew during the conflict…