Alex Henshaw
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Alex Henshaw MBE was a British test pilot. During World War II he was chief test pilot at the Castle Bromwich Aerodrome near Birmingham and flew many of the aircraft manufactured in the Castle Bromwich aircraft factory, just across the Chester Road.
Prior to the war he had made a name for himself in air racing, as well as in long distance flying, piloting a Percival Mew Gull.
Post war he wrote a book recounting his experiences at Castle Bromwich, Sigh For A Merlin, the title referring to the aero engine of the same name.
During WWII, he was one of the chief test pilots for the RAF Spitfires. He famously, albeit briefly, took the controls once again in a rare two seater Spitfire flown on the seventieth anniversary of the flight of the first prototype on 5th March, 2006 at Southampton Airport in England.
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