Howell Davies was Hborn in Dinas Powys, South Wales on July 5, 1939. Bitten by the flying bug, he won an RAF scholarship, gaining his PPL on Tiger Moths, before heading to London to study medicine. But his passion for flying won over his medical training - he started his RAF career at South Cerney, Gloucestershire, in February 1962 and was commissioned as a pilot officer six months later.
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