MercoPress19d
Tributes pour for Battle of Britain’s “Last of the Few”, who died at age 105 in Dublin
He was a pilot in the Battle of Britain at age 21. Those who fought in the three-and-a-half-month battle came to be known as “The Few,” following on then PM, Sir Winston Churchill.
UPI21d
Last surviving RAF fighter ace from the Battle of Britain dies at 105
March 18 (UPI) --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. Announcing the death of John ...
Irish Sun21d
Sole surviving Battle of Britain hero John ‘Paddy’ Hemingway who was shot down four times dies aged 105
At the height of the Battle of Britain, Hemingway, then a 21-year-old Pilot Officer, was twice forced to bail out of his Hurricane fighter plane in the space of a week. Incredibly, one of his ...
The New York Times21d
John A. Hemingway, Last Survivor of the Battle of Britain, Dies at 105
Mr. Hemingway, who was known as Paddy, piloted Hurricane fighters in the battle, which took place in the skies above Britain between July 10 and Oct. 31, 1940. Hitler had planned a September 1940 ...
BBC25d
WW2 fighters cleared to fly after pilot death
The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (BBMF) stopped using its Merlin-engined Hurricanes and Spitfires following the death of Sqn Ldr Mark Long on 25 May 2024. The pilot was killed when the ...