Recorded interview with Wing Commander Thomas Francis Neil, 8 December 2015

Tom Neil served as a pilot in Hurricane and Spitfire aircraft during the Battle of Britain and after in the UK and Malta during and after the Second World War.

Tom Neil comments on RAF flying training, his experience of Liverpool and his time with 249 Squadron during the Battle of Britain. He gives his views on RAF and Luftwaffe tactics and the Spitfire, Hurricane and Messerschmitt 109. He also recalls fighter operations from Malta, his work as tactics officer for 81 Group, his experience of Operation Overlord, with the 100th Fighter Wing at Headcorn, and his postwar RAF career.