What is Geoffrey Wellum?
{{Infobox military person |name= Geoffrey Wellum |image=Geoffreywellum 140.jpg |caption=Geoffrey Wellum in 2009 |birth_date = {{Birth date|1921|08|04|df=yes}} |birth_place = [[Walthamstow]], [[Essex]], [[England]] |death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2018|07|18|1921|08|04}} |death_place = [[Mullion, Cornwall|Mullion]], [[Cornwall]], England |nickname= |birth_name =Geoffrey Harry Augustus Wellum |servicenumber =42925 |allegiance=United Kingdom |serviceyears= 1939–1961, |rank= [[Squadron Leader]] |branch= [[Royal Air Force]] |commands= |unit= |battles= [[Battle of Britain]] |awards= [[Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom)|Distinguished Flying Cross]] |laterwork= }} [[Squadron Leader]] ''' Geoffrey Harris Augustus Wellum''' [[Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom)|DFC]] (4 August 1921—18 July 2018)<ref>[http://www.raf.mod.uk/bbmf/theaircraft/92sqngeoffwellum.cfm RAF.mod.uk: 92 Squadron – Geoffrey Wellum] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090302084417/http://www.raf.mod.uk/bbmf/theaircraft/92sqngeoffwellum.cfm |date=2 March 2009 }}</ref> was a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Battle of Britain]] [[fighter pilot]] and author. Wellum suffered severe [[sinusitis]] and [[Combat stress reaction|battle fatigue]] after three years' intensive frontline flying. He returned from Malta to Britain, becoming a test pilot on the [[Hawker Typhoon]], based at [[Gloster Aircraft]]. He finished the war as a gunnery instructor, staying in the RAF, first as a [[staff officer]] in [[Federal Republic of Germany|West Germany]], followed by a four-year tour with [[No. 192 Squadron RAF|192 Squadron]]. He married Grace, his wartime girlfriend, and they had three children.<ref name=indy>[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/geoffrey-wellum-prize-fighter-644419.html Geoffrey Wellum: Prize fighter] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100730123625/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/geoffrey-wellum-prize-fighter-644419.html |date=2010-07-30 }} [[The Independent]] 4-June-20