Bill Lucas (runner)
British long-distance runner and RAF officer (1917–2018) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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William Ernest Lucas[1] DFC (16 January 1917[2] – 24 March 2018) was a British RAF officer and long-distance runner who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics. In 2017, Lucas was noted for having been Britain's oldest living Olympian.
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Birth name | William Ernest Lucas |
Born | (1917-01-16)16 January 1917 Tooting, London, England |
Died | 24 March 2018(2018-03-24) (aged 101) Cowfold, West Sussex, England |
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ | Royal Air Force |
Years of service | 1940–1945 |
Rank | Squadron Leader |
Service number | 122826 |
Unit | No. 9 Squadron RAF No. 15 Squadron RAF No. 162 Squadron RAF |
Battles/wars | Second World War |
Awards | DFC Mentioned in Despatches |
Other work | Olympian (1948 Summer Olympics) |
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