Eric Lock - T-shirt Dakota is an all weather single

is an all weather single engine fighter operated by the People's Liberation Army Air Force

Most aircrews considered this ultimate sortie as a 'one-way' trip

The Thunderchief was eventually replaced by the F-4 Phantom and F-111 Aardvark

born into a military family with an education at West Point

Eric Lock - T-shirt Dakota is an all weather singleFlight Lieutenant Eric Stanley Lock Eric Lock joined the RAF in 1939, completed his training and joined No. 41 Squadron at the very start of the Battle of Britain. He became Britain's highest scoring fighter pilot, but in 1941 was sadly downed by ground fire over France and his body was never recovered. This design celebrates Lock as a Fighter Ace with 26 destroyed to his name, but he was part of the RAF that was served by many men and women who were