Lt Cdr Mike Lawrence Royal Navy

Just heard sad news that Mike Lawrence has died. He was Beefer for 819 NAS, RNAS Prestwick, when I joined from 826 NAS, and he was one of those pilots for whom it was a pleasure to be in the backseat. We often flew together, most memorably out of Aalborg, Denmark, for Bold Game ’79, when we were crewed up, and both worked hard & played hard. A total professional as an aviator, he was also an all-round nice guy about whom people only had good things to say. RIP.