Pilot and Name badge, Ptn 1990s

RAF Pilot name badge to Gp Capt William Pixton.

William Pixton joined the RAF in the late 1960s as an apprentice electronics technician, while at RAF Cosford an officer identified his potential and suggested he apply for pilot training. On completion of his pilot training Pixton was posted to No.14 Squadron at RAF Bruggen in West Germany flying the Sepecat Jaguar, Pixton would fly the Jaguar for much of his RAF flying career, including commanding the Jaguar detachment during the 1991 Gulf War.