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One of the Caribbean’s most eloquent and charismatic leaders, the late Sir Errol Barrow, former Prime Minister of Barbados, was a pilot with the Royal Air Force, a little know fact. See details in video.
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Former Barbados PM Errol Barrow Was not a Pilot. He was a Navigator.
Errol Barrow served with RAF 88 Squadron, “B” Flight, 2nd Tactical Air Force (2TAF), seeing active service supporting the Allied ground forces, bombing German communication infrastructure positions and airfields.
He spent a further two years with the British Air Forces of Occupation (BAFO) Communications Squadron, in Bückeburg, British sector of occupied Germany where he served as a Navigator within the Commander-in-Chief (C-in-C) Military Governors Flight.
More information on Errol Barrows seven years spent in the RAF can be found here:
https://www.bajanthings.com/errol-barrow-statesman-pm-barbados-raf-navigator-world-war-ii/