[mongo141]

May God bless them all, I doubt that their likes will be seen again.....

[ken5050]

They are, like Doolittle’s Raider....a vanishing breed..

[ken5050]

I forget the name of the British Air Marshall, who, IMHO, actually “won” the Battle of Britain. months before it began, when he refused to allow the fighter squadrons to be deployed to France. He knew the western front was lost, and he told Churchill, that if he was ordered to send the fighters to france, he would resign.

[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

Bless them.

[bmwcyle]

Hand Salute..........................two

[Silentgypsy]

Thank you so much! Anyone who says that there are no more heroes is seriously underinformed!

[jmacusa]

God bless these men. Born in another century, in a time when a man was a man. He lived by his word, his deeds and his honor. Sad in a way. I wonder how these men feel about all that has come to pass since those days when Great Britain stood alone against Nazi Germany.

[Jack Hydrazine]

“Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duty, and so bear ourselves that if the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will still say, “This was their finest hour.”
-Winston Churchill
during WWII

[skeptoid]

The youngest:

 16. Sqn Ldr Geoffrey Wellum DFC. Age 89
The youngest Battle of Britain fighter pilot, he flew Spitfires with 92 Squadron aged 18 
and was officially credited with three enemy aircraft destroyed, four probables and several damaged. 
Suffered an emotional breakdown in 1942 which he detailed 
in his acclaimed memoir, First Light, published in 2002. 
Now lives in a ­Cornish village. He says: ‘The Battle of Britain made me want to put a value on life. 
I decided that if I survived, I wanted to be allowed to relish it. 
Now I have a life of deep tranquillity.’

[skeptoid]

Another 'youngest":

5. Hubert Flower. Age 88.
Born on the Isle of Man, he was at 18 the youngest airman to fly in the Battle of Britain. An air-gunner and wireless operator with 248 Squadron, he flew Bristol Blenheims. Later served in West Africa and flew 103 sorties in the Berlin Airlift. After the war he worked in the Colonial Service, HM Customs and Excise and the Lord Chancellor’s Department.

[constitutiongirl]

I got cold chills reading this story. God bless all of these brave men.

[wagglebee]

Great story, thanks for posting it.

God Bless all of these brave heroes!

[Mr. Silverback]

Bump for heroes

[pieceofthepuzzle]

Recently met someone whose father was in the 29th Squadron during this time. If not for the bravery of those men, and the fact that the Spitfires were a little better than the German planes, England could have been lost. It could have altered the face of the globe for the entire 20th century and beyond.

[Cronos]

I hope they remember the Kosciusko squadron of Poles who had the most number of hits during the battle.