Oldest surviving WWII pilot dies

Speaking to ITV London's Sangeeta Kandola at a dinner with Vera Lynn to mark 70 years since the outbreak of World War II, William Walker hinted at how he had lived for so long.

"I take honey every day," he said. "And a glass of port every night."

A man who was the oldest surviving Battle of Britain pilot has died aged 99.

Flight Lieutenant William Walker was shot down in his Spitfire and wounded in 1940.

The veteran, born in Hampstead, north London, suffered a stroke last Thursday and died in hospital on Sunday, the Battle of Britain Memorial Trust said.