Battle of Britain – Charm

John A. Hemingway, Last Survivor of the Battle of Britain, Dies at 105

Cs news4 months ago010 mins

Addressing the British House of Commons in August 1940, Prime Minister Winston Churchill paid tribute to the pilots of the Royal Air Force who were staving off an impending German invasion of the British Isles in what would be known as the Battle of Britain. “Never in the field of human conflict was so much…

Last surviving pilot from the Battle of Britain, John ‘Paddy’ Hemingway, dies at age 105

Cs news4 months ago02 mins

LONDON (AP) — John “Paddy” Hemingway, the last surviving pilot who flew during the Battle of Britain, has died at the age of 105. He died Monday at his home in Dublin, the Royal Air Force said. Hemingway was just 20 years old when he and his comrades in the Royal Air Force took to…