Flyer Dan Holford, a former student at Colchester Royal Grammar School, has become the youngest navigator in the RAF.
Dan, 21, joined the RAF in 1998 and has just graduated as a fully-qualified navigator from No 3 Flying Training School at RAF College Cranwell, in Sleaford, Lincolnshire.
Now a Pilot Officer, Dan - who used to live in West Mersea - will serve with 15 (R) Squadron at RAF Lossiemouth where he will fly in Tornado aircraft.
Dan graduated at a ceremony at the Sleaford base under the watchful eye of Air Marshal Sir John Day, Air Member for Personnel and Commander-in-Chief Personnel and Training.
The 21-year-old also used to work as a sales assistant at Virgin Megastore in Colchester.
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