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Andy

#BattleOfBritain #JohnHemingway #ww2 #pilot #Spitfire #hurricane #fighterpilot #UK #Britain #UnitedKingdom #Germany #WorldWar2 #battle #history #heroic #hero
This is so sad, hugely significant and such a massive loss. We owe them so much, and I hope future generations never forget it.
I picked up this book years ago, and it’ll always be one of the most treasured on my bookshelf…

'End of an era': Last surviving Battle of Britain pilot dies bbc.com/news/articles/cvg1z42p

The front cover of Patrick Bishop’s book “Battle of Britain - a day by day Chronicle.” It depicts four Battle of Britain pilots in full uniform, walking towards the camera, with a Spitfire in the background. The spitfire’s propeller is the most dominant part of the plane we can see.
The inside cover of the book has been signed by numerous Battle of Britain pilots, with the squadron numbers they belonged to written underneath their names.
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