A Cupar man honoured by the Queen for his work with the RAF’s Lightning aircraft has died at the age of 80.
Alexander Maule, known as Alec, died in Adamson Annexe on June 8 after a long illness.
He was given the British Empire Medal in 1970 for his contribution to the efficiency of the Lightning force, during his 38-year career with the RAF.
Mr Maule joined the RAF in 1947 after leaving Bell Baxter High School, Cupar, and became an aircraft engineer.
Until his retirement at the age of 55, by which time he had attained the rank of warrant officer, he served around the world, including Korea, Yemen and Cyprus.
On leaving the RAF, the keen golfer, who was a member of St Andrews and Elmwood golf clubs, became a starter in St Andrews, a role he kept up part-time into his 70s.
He married Irene, who was his pen pal in the RAF, in her home town of Bolton in 1958. The couple set up home in Thame, Oxfordshire, and moved to Cupar in the 1970s when Mr Maule was posted to RAF Leuchars.
Mr Maule leaves behind Irene, his children Alison and Alisdair, daughter-in-law Brenda and granddaughter Ruby.
