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Name: SOLTAU, Vincent William 'Lynx'
Birth Date: 22 Apr 1903 Plymouth
Death Date: 1 Aug 1964 Kensington, London
Profession: Aviator for Wilson Airways in 1936; insurance broker
Married: 1. In Kenya 1933 Violet Rita Price b. 26 Feb 1912 Berkshire, d. 1986 Surrey (also m. Douglas Osborne May 1904-1993 and Geoffrey Ashlin Wood 1908-1942); 2. In Mombasa Mar 1939 Myra Idina Sackville b. 26 Feb 1893 Bexhill, d. 5 Nov 1955 Mombasa (div. 1946) (for her other 5 marriages, see her entry in this database)
Children: Ann (1934); Thomas (19 Mar 1936 Nairobi)
War Service: RAF
School: Cheltenham College
General Information:
A qualified pilot, he was a Flight Lieutenant in the RAF, and was granted the temporary rank of Squadron Leader in 1940.