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BBC: 'End of an era' Last surviving Battle of Britain pilot dies

The last surviving Battle of Britain pilot, John "Paddy" Hemingway, has died at the age of 105.

Mr Hemingway, who was originally from Dublin, joined the Royal Air Force (RAF) as a teenager before World War Two.

At 21, he was a fighter pilot in the Battle of Britain, a three-month period when air force personnel defended the skies against a large-scale assault by the German air force, the Luftwaffe.

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[Bronycommander]

Rest in peace

[Herald of Opera]

Average life expectancy nowadays would have people born during WW2 dying by now, so you have to seriously beat the odds to be a living veteran (to say nothing of the odds you'd have to beat to survive fighting in WW2 to begin with ).

Seriously, 105 is old. He's earned his peaceful rest.

[Born-From-Black-Lightnin]

May he rest in peace o7

[nlinzer]

A hero beyond any other. May he come back to life in the world to come

[Mockingbirb]

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