Early Life
Latimer-Needham was educated at University College London and served with the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) in France during 1918 and then with the Army of Occupation until 1919. He then transferred to the Royal Air Force (RAF) and became Educational Officer based at RAF Halton until 1935.
In the early 1920s he was involved in the design of the Halton Aero Club's Mayfly and Minus light aircraft.
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