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Hurricane or Spitfire? Which was Britain’s Best WWII Fighter?

As Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill said about the Royal Air Force (RAF) fighter pilots’ heroic performance in winning the Battle of Britain in 1940: “Never in the field of human conflict was so ...
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Last surviving pilot from the Battle of Britain, John 'Paddy' Hemingway, dies at age 105

LONDON (AP) — The last surviving pilot of the Battle of Britain has died, severing the last living link to the few thousand young men who fought the Nazi air force to a standstill amid fears that ...
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Last surviving RAF fighter ace from the Battle of Britain dies at 105

March 18 (UPI) --The last surviving Royal Air Force fighter pilot who fought in the Battle of Britain in 1940 during World War II has died. He was 105 years old. Announcing the death of John "Paddy" ...