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In pictures: Funeral of ace pilot

Fighter ace Squadron Leader Neville Duke

Squadron Leader Neville Duke, 85, flew 485 operational sorties during the war and achieved 28 air combat victories

Fighter ace Squadron Leader Neville Duke with Sir Winston Churchill

The test pilot and World War II fighter ace with Sir Winston Churchill in 1951

Funeral of fighter ace Squadron Leader Neville Duke

The coffin is carried from St Andrews Church in Tangmere, West Sussex, after his funeral

Funeral of fighter ace Squadron Leader Neville Duke

Mourners watch a Hawker Hunter 58 perform a flypast at the funeral in West Sussex

Fighter ace Squadron Leader Neville Duke

Neville Duke continued flying up until his death, and was taken ill after landing his aircraft at Popham airfield on 7 April






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