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Last surviving pilot of WWII Battle of Britain has died aged 105
Dubliner, Second World War RAF hero, and one of the most revered figures in British aviation history, Group Captain John "Paddy" Hemingway, passes away peacefully.
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Doomed WW2 RAF Mosquito's engine restored for new memorial to our flying heroes
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Season 5 History: Homing Pigeons in WWII England
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John 'Paddy' Hemingway: Last surviving Battle of Britain pilot dies aged 105
Hemingway never saw his role in the Battle of Britain as "anything other than doing the job he was trained to do," the RAF ...
Last surviving RAF fighter ace from the Battle of Britain dies at 105
The last surviving Royal Air Force fighter pilot who fought in the Battle of Britain in 1940 during World War II has died. He was 105 years old.
John A. Hemingway, Last Survivor of the Battle of Britain, Dies at 105
A fighter pilot in a vastly outnumbered Royal Air Force — one of the “few” hailed by Churchill — he took to the skies to help ...