The last of the few
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Last known veteran flier from the Battle of Britain. Shot down four times during the war.
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Amazing.
My dad used to tell me about watching the vapour trails from the dogfights above London in 1940, and seeing the squadrons of Hurricanes and Spitfires flying out to do battle - he would have been 12. The kids thought it was the most amazing thing, I guess the adults probably felt somewhat differently.
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Amazing story!
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A long time ago, like a really long time ago, I read a book 'Ginger Lacy, Fighter Pilot', which a fantastic telling of the WW2 RAF experience, based around the pilot in question. It's well worth a read - apparently it's available on Amazon.
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