Raymond T. Holmes
Former Royal Air Force pilot Raymond T. Holmes, who gained fame by ramming a German Dornier Do-17 bomber to prevent an attack on London's Buckingham Palace during World War II, died June 27 of cancer. He was 90. The incident that made Holmes famous occurred Sept. 15, 1940, when he flew his Hawker...
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