Early Life
Wight-Boycott attended Clare College at Cambridge University where he joined the Cambridge University Air Squadron that was based at RAF Duxford and learned to fly in 1930. After leaving university he joined the Metropolitan Police as a non-uniformed civilian administrator.
In September 1937 Wight-Boycott joined the RAF Volunteer Reserve as a Pilot Officer in his spare time and undertook advanced combat training on Hawker Hurricanes. He was promoted to Flying Officer in the RAFVR before enlisting on a short service commission in the RAF at the start of the Second World War in September 1939.
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