[kristorf]

Flight Lieutenant Eric Lock. Lock, originally from Shrewsbury, is credited with 26½ victories, nearly all of them achieved flying Spitfires in the Battle of Britain with 41 Squadron.

Spitfire N3162, EB-G was Lock's aircraft on September 5, 1940 when he shot down four German aircraft and was himself wounded. Eric Lock went on to become the RAF’s most successful pilot of the Battle of Britain. Modern research shows that he achieved 21 kills during the period of the Battle, although at the time he was officially credited with only 16½ confirmed kills.