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The Legless Ace - True Story of Douglas Bader - Famous RAF Fighter Pilot

Douglas Bader was one of the most famous pilots of World War II, and what makes him even more incredible is that he lost both legs in a flying accident. Yet, after he was fitted with prosthetics, he ...
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The Pilot Who Flew Again After Losing Both Legs in War

Most people would consider losing both legs a career-ending catastrophe, especially if that career involved flying fighter ...
Irish Central

Last surviving pilot of WWII Battle of Britain has died aged 105

Dubliner, John "Paddy" Hemingway, an RAF pilot and member of "The Few", is remembered as a hero. Group Captain John "Paddy" Hemingway was born in Dublin in 1919. He enlisted in the British Royal ...
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Yanks in the RAF : the story of maverick pilots and American volunteers who joined Britain's fight in WWII / David Alan Johnson

"This is the story of American volunteer pilots who risked their lives in defense of Britain during the earliest days of World War II--more than a year before Pearl Harbor, when the United States ...