World War II

Ron Dick served with the Royal Air Force for 38 years. His final assignment was as Defence Attache and Head of the British Defence Staff in the United States. He retired in 1988 in the rank of Air Vice-Marshal. During his career, he flew 60 different types of aircraft, accumulating over 5,000 hours of flight time. Since his retirement he has lectured and written on aviation history Dan Patterson is the recipient of the first annual Combs Award, presented by the National Aviation Hall of Fame and business aviation legend Harry Combs to honor a photographer's contribution to the photographic preservation of America's air and space heritageDick, Ron is the author of 'World War II ', published 2004 under ISBN 9781550464269 and ISBN 1550464264.