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John A. Hemingway, Last Survivor of Battle of Britain, Dies

John Hemingway, last airman from WWII’s Battle of Britain, dies at 105

In terse notations, the logbook kept by Royal Air Force fighter pilot John “Paddy” Hemingway in the summer of 1940 records the deadly struggles in the skies over England as wave after wave of German bombers sought to pound the country into capitulation.

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

A fighter pilot in a vastly outnumbered Royal Air Force — one of the “few” hailed by Churchill — he took to the skies to help stave off a Nazi land invasion of Britain.

Associated Press News on MSN · 2d

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

John “Paddy” Hemingway, the last surviving pilot who flew during the Battle of Britain, has died at the age of 105.

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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 ...

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John 'Paddy' Hemingway: Last surviving Battle of Britain pilot dies aged 105

John Hemingway never saw his role in the Battle of Britain as "anything other than doing the job he was trained to do," the RAF said, adding "his courage in the face of overwhelming odds demonstrated ...

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