7 September 2021
Liverpool Flying School has renovated its Sierra Alpha Tomahawk in honour of WWII pilot Jimmy Taylor.
Jimmy flew a blue Spitfire XI, fitted with cameras rather than guns and capable of outstanding performance.
Jimmy navigated his way, alone and unarmed under constant observation by enemy radar, to his distant targets in Occupied Europe and Germany, often in difficult weather conditions, and returned safely with the films.
During his many sorties Jimmy was chased by a then-unknown German jet and was the first Allied pilot to witness the launch of a V2 rocket.
After the war he enjoyed a career travelling the world as a teacher of English as a Foreign Language. On his retirement, he returned to flying for another 15 years – in gliders.
