AN RAF veteran’s dream will come true when he is presented with his RAF Wings at a formal ceremony at RAF Linton-on-Ouse, near York.

Wilson Taylor, 89, from the north-east, joined the RAF in 1944 and underwent flying training and took his Wings test in August, 1945, but with the war ending, he never flew an operational mission and did not receive his Wings.

He wrote to the Queen last year to ask whether the RAF would grant his dearest wish and present his Wings retrospectively and the RAF has decided to make an exception to the rules and present him with his Wings tomorrow.