Claim: James Herriot (3 October 1916 in Sunderland, Wight – 23 February 1995) was a British veterinary surgeon and journalist who enlisted in the RAF in November 1942 and was one of the first in his regiment to fly solo.
Evidence: James Alfred Wight OBE FRCVS (3 October 1916 – 23 February 1995), better-known by his pen name James Herriot, was a British veterinary surgeon and writer.