Last pilot from Battle of Britain passes

[Marvin the Martian]

We are going to be seeing a lot of these "last of" in the next few years.

John ‘Paddy’ Hemingway, the last Battle of Britain pilot, dies aged 105

The pilot, whose squadron shot down 90 enemy aircraft in an 11-day period in 1940, called himself the ‘lucky Irishman’

www.theguardian.com

 

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We are going to be seeing a lot of these "last of" in the next few years.

John ‘Paddy’ Hemingway, the last Battle of Britain pilot, dies aged 105

The pilot, whose squadron shot down 90 enemy aircraft in an 11-day period in 1940, called himself the ‘lucky Irishman’

www.theguardian.com

R I P 🇬🇧

 

[Aloha Hoosier]

R I P 🇬🇧

We've been seeing many of these WWII veterans passing on for many years now. Inevitable, but sad.

 

[mcmurtry66]

We are going to be seeing a lot of these "last of" in the next few years.

John ‘Paddy’ Hemingway, the last Battle of Britain pilot, dies aged 105

The pilot, whose squadron shot down 90 enemy aircraft in an 11-day period in 1940, called himself the ‘lucky Irishman’

www.theguardian.com

66,000 out of 16 mil us vets alive

 

[BradStevens]

66,000 out of 16 mil us vets alive

I'm surprised it's that many.

 

[larsIU]

I'm surprised it's that many.

Less than 1/2 of one percent. I bet that’s statistically accurate.