Wing Commander John Reginald Dowling, was a Royal Air Force (RAF) officer and helicopter pilot famous for placing the spire of the rebuilt Coventry Cathedral on 22 April 1962. He was a Lancaster bomber pilot during the Second World War, and the author of RAF Helicopters: The First Twenty Years, a comprehensive overview of the RAF's early helicopters and their uses.
- Occupation
- helicopter pilot, aircraft pilot, military personnel
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Born
- 1922, 1923
- Died
- 2000
