Terence "Pablo" Gerard Vaughan Percy

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(29 August 1919 – 19 January 2015) was a

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officer of the Second World War in command of the 848th Naval Air Squadron on the carrier HMS ''Formidable''.Captain Terence Percy.
''The Times'', 8 February 2015. Retrieved 19 June 2015. The squadron flew

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torpedo bombers and returning from a raid over Okinawa in May 1945, Percy was lucky to escape a Japanese

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on the ''Formidable'' in which his wingman died. Percy was awarded the

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for his many sorties during this time. In 1942 he had also been fortunate to escape when he was forced to ditch his aircraft in the North Sea due to mechanical failure. On another occasion he narrowly escaped a

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attack.Captain Terence 'Pablo' Percy - obituary.
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'', 3 June 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2015. After the war, Percy became secretary of the Royal Golf Club of Belgium at Chateau de Ravenstein.

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