Last surviving Battle of Britain pilot Paddy Hemingway dies aged 105
The last surviving pilot who fought in the Battle of Britain, Group Captain John “Paddy” Hemingway, has died aged 105. Born ...
'End of an era': Last surviving Battle of Britain pilot dies
At 21, he was a fighter pilot in the Battle of Britain, a three-month period when air force personnel defended the skies ...
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Last surviving Battle of Britain pilot, John Hemingway, dies aged 105
John 'Paddy' Hemingway joined the RAF at the age of 19 and became one of the airmen Winston Churchill described as 'The Few' ...
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The P-51 Mustang and the man who won the World War II air war with it
It was thanks to former WWI pilot Tommy Hitchcock that the P-51 entered U.S service — and changed the skies over Europe ...
Last surviving Battle of Britain pilot John 'Paddy' Hemingway dies aged 105
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The Northern Echo2d
Exactly 80 years since the Luftwaffe attacked Darlington
IN THE early hours of a Sunday 80 years ago, the Luftwaffe came calling ... but the German planes lay in wait for them as they returned. French pilot Capitaine Paul Notelle was about to land ...
The National Interest6d
Messerschmitt Me 262: The World’s First Fighter Jet
While the numbers may be inflated, Luftwaffe pilots claimed that the Me 262 shot ... the Messerschmitt Me 262 Schwalbe—German for “Sparrow”—was the world’s first operational jet fighter ...
Darlington & Stockton Times2d
Exactly 80 years since the Luftwaffe attacked Darlington
In the early hours of a Sunday 80 years ago, the Luftwaffe came calling on Darlington ... at Kamen and the Dortmund Elms canal, but the German planes lay in wait for them as they returned. French ...
Simple Flying6d
Why Was The UK's Fairey Battle Called A "Flying Coffin"?
The German Air Force, the Luftwaffe, was investing heavily in the development ... The aircraft featured a crew of three, including a pilot, a bombardier (who also doubled as a navigator), and a ...
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“The Night Witches”: The Soviet Air Force’s Deadliest Female Bomber Pilots
To answer that question, we turn to former Sunday Times of London journalist Russell Miller in his 1984 book The Soviet Air ...
Los Angeles Times3d
Daily Pilot - Los Angeles Times
The Daily Pilot’s e-newspaper includes Saturday’s coverage of Newport Beach, Huntington Beach, Costa Mesa, Laguna Beach, Fountain Valley and other parts of Orange County. Amalia Holguin scored ...
Frontiers3d
Echocardiography screening of German military pilot applicants as an example for high-hazard occupations
It was the aim of this study to retrospectively analyze echocardiography data from German military pilot applicant screening to find out in how many cases cardiac disease was diagnosed, and how often ...