Squadron Leader Brian ‘Sandy’ Lane, Commanding Officer of 19 Squadron

(centre) confers with Flight Lieutenant Walter ‘Farmer’ Lawson (left) and Flight Sergeant George ‘Grumpy’ Unwin at Fowlmere near Duxford,
21 September 1940.
Lane’s 19 Squadron often operated with 242 Squadron, and led by 242’s Squadron Leader Douglas Bader, the squadrons often worked together as part of the Duxford Wing, 12 Group’s ‘Big Wing’ formation.