This set of pics was in the Telegraph today - I presume from the same collection....
I wouldn't think of myself as close, but I suspect I tend to think of war heroes the way football fans think of their favourite footballers, i.e they...
I've just noticed you've already added Walker - but I didn't notice because you listed him as Frederic John, whereas I always think of him as "Johnny"
And we've already had the discussion about both Willie Tait and Basil Embry having the DSO and three bars
Johnny Walker CB DSO and three bars HMS Starling; the RNs most successful anti-submarine commander. Died of a heart attack on board HMS Starling...
Malcolm David Wanklyn VC DSO and two bars (HMS Upholder)
Leonard Cheshire VC DSO and two bars, DFC and in his later career, OM and a Barony The combination of VC, OM and DSO** arguably makes him the...
The BBC news confirmed the pilot was Brian Brown. I'm sure we all want to extend our condolences to his family. As to the aircraft, if it was the...
Sorry my first thread here is a rather depressing one, but I've been thinking about how just how few of the well-known heroes are left alive. In...
Tragic news, but no news yet of who the pilot was and which aircraft. It so happens that "Aeroplane Monthly" has a datafile this month on the...
hi im new to this fourum but not too others..... im lrning about ww2 at skool my teecher gave me a book but I cant be arsed to read it and i can...
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