Gordon S. Light
The American, Gordon S. Light, was born in 1915 and won the Wakefield Trophy in 1935
Gordon Light. Picture believed to be from 1936
Building the 1933 model.
In 1972 Alwyn Greenhalgh made this replica of Light's 1933 model
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Tommy Ives holding Lights Wakefield winning model. Ives flew the model as proxy for Gordon Light to win the trophy in 1935
Alwyn Greenhalgh model. From Alwyn's album.
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The model design started some years earlier than 1935.
The following article shows the lineage of the 1935 Wakefield winning model. Flown Proxy by J.E. Pelly-Fry in 1933 and Stan Rushbrooke in 1934 
James E. Pelly-Fry, who flew the model Proxy in 1933, watching Gorden Light's model in flight.
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Gordon Light's model - "Miss America"
This and the previous photograph are from Pelly-Fry's personal album.
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