Notable Flight Lieutenants
- Gough Whitlam, Prime Minister of Australia (1972-1975).
- Jerry Rawlings, Ghanaian politician who twice served as his country's president.
- Sir Patrick Moore, British astronomer.
- Sir Arthur C. Clarke, British author and inventor.
- Sir Christopher Lee, British actor, served in RAF Intelligence during World War II.
- Prince William, Duke of Cambridge (heir to the British throne).
- Rory Underwood, Leicester, England and British and Irish Lions winger
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