Tim Vigors
Military Person
1921 – 2003
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Who was Tim Vigors?
Wing Commander Timothy Ashmead Vigors DFC was a British RAF fighter pilot and flying ace during the Battle of Britain and in the Far East. In civilian life, Vigors began the development of the Coolmore Stud that went on to transform the breeding of thoroughbred racehorses.
Vigors's account of his wartime experiences was published posthumously in 2006 as Life's Too Short to Cry: The Inspirational Memoir of an Ace Battle of Britain Fighter Pilot.
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- Born
- Mar 22, 1921
Hatfield, Hertfordshire - Education
- Eton College
- Died
- 2003
Cambridge
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on July 23, 2013
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