WWII Pilot honoured with Spitfire and Hurricane flypast

Flight Lieutenant Ernie Holmes passed away last year at 100

A hero pilot who flew in some of the most grave air battles of World War Two has been honoured with a special salute in the skies above Perth.

Flight Lieutenant Ernie Holmes was a Lancaster bomber pilot when his plane was shot down over Holland in 1944.

Today, a Battle of Britain flypast paid tribute to the pilot who died last year at the age of 100.

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