Deletion of Nick Knilans

Comment: I'm with Barney t.b.b. -- an obituary in a major national newspaper looks like a keep right away. Coverage by the RAF Museum to boot. As far as I recall, subject-specific notability criteria can never override , so if RightCowLeftCoast agrees the article meets GNG, I don't see how s/he can still propose delete. I also suggest that RCLC has misinterpreted 
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:GNG||WP:NOTMEMORIAL)

Comment: While the DSO alone would not qualify someone for an article (it's a second-level decoration), in combination with a British and an American DFC we have borderline notability through his decorations alone (if two second-level decorations equate to notability I have always believed that three decorations in total also do, although the US DFC is lower in status than the British DFC). Added to an obituary in a major national newspaper this reaches reaches the notability bar in my opinion. I agree that  has been misinterpreted above - major national newspapers only contain obituaries of people who have achieved something in their lives. These people have an obituary because they are notable not because they have died (although the latter is obviously a vital prerequisite
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not (WP:NOTMEMORIAL)