[tophat9000]

As an amputee myself (left arm, short "BE"(below elbow)) at 14 I just wanted to put this out there... Being and amputee is not the end of the world... but dealing with the crap in other people heads about it and want to put in yours can be a pain it the ass...Get you head around it and it can become a non issue

[ABN 505]

I've read about him before and his story is an inspiration to everyone. Unfortunatly the hero's of kids today are degenerates, thugs, and tattooed morons. What a difference a few generations make!

[jwalsh07]

Nice post. Inspirational.

[Professional Engineer]

BUMP

[Billthedrill]

Thing is, you didn't get sent to Colditz unless you were considered an incorrigible escape risk. Bader didn't give up even as a POW.

[LadyDoc]

One of our family library books was Brickhill's biography of Bader...

Thanks for the post.

[alfa6]

The Bader Bus Company as his squadron was known as.

Bader Hurricane from 242 Squadron

Regards

alfa6 ;>}

[El Gran Salseron]

Why did you use the word "ace" in the title?

I thought that one had to have so many "kills" to be called an "ace." There is no mention made of any "kills" whatsoever in the article.

Just curious.

[madrastex]

Thank you for this post. Bader was a childhood hero of mine. When he was in Colditz, I seem to recall that the Germans actually allowed a RAF bomber to fly by and drop an artificial leg for him. Their respect for him extended to allowing him to inspect a ME109...although they would not let him get into it!
Paul Brickhill, Royal Australian Air Force officer, also a POW at Colditz, wrote e gripping book about Bader called "Reach for the Sky".This was later made into a movie with Kenneth Moore.Among Brickhill's books were Coditz Castle, and the book that inspired The Great Escape.

[madrastex]

Thank you for this post. Bader was a childhood hero of mine. When he was in Colditz, I seem to recall that the Germans actually allowed a RAF bomber to fly by and drop an artificial leg for him. Their respect for him extended to allowing him to inspect a ME109...although they would not let him get into it!
Paul Brickhill, Royal Australian Air Force officer, also a POW at Colditz, wrote e gripping book about Bader called "Reach for the Sky".This was later made into a movie with Kenneth Moore.Among Brickhill's books were Coditz Castle, and the book that inspired The Great Escape.

[TailspinJim]

Thanks for a great post about a great individual.

[LonePalm]

You deserve a famous top hat for this post.

Eddie Rickenbacker's 94th Aero Squadron

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

[tutstar]

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[tutstar]

Being and amputee is not the end of the world... but dealing with the crap in other people heads about it

I'm glad you spoke out about this. I'm sorry you have to deal with sorry attitudes from other people. There's one pro-death lawyer who actually used the hypothetical situation of having both legs amputated as a basis for whether one woman's life would be worth living. Those types who think like that will get theirs one day. Every life has a purpose, we don't understand why we go through some things but noone should try to tell any of us what our quality of life is!

God bless all our heroes who fought and still fight for freedom!!!