Freddie Nicoll trained as a pilot in Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) before converting to the Hurricane in the Middle East and going to 208 Squadron at an advanced landing ground in the Western Desert. After the Battle of Alamein, the squadron moved to Iraq and then Palestine before Nicoll joined 6 Squadron equipped with rocket-firing Hurricanes. Flying from airfields in Italy, he attacked supply shipping in the Adriatic and off the Yugoslavian coast. He flew from the airstrip on the island of Vis off the Croatian coast and his attacks and leadership were recognised by the award of the DFC. After 55 operations he was rested ands flew target-towing Spitfires and Vengeance aircraft before returning to civilian life as a quantity surveyor.

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