Sonny Spencer  Sonny Spencer (18 May 1903 – 21 November 1943) was a British middle-distance runner. He competed in the men's 1500 metres at the 1924 Summer Olympics. He was killed in action during World War II. Spencer served as a sergeant in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve during the Second World War. He was killed in a night training accident when his Short Sunderland crashed at Nigg on 21 November 1943. Spencer is commemorated at the Runnymede Memorial.