The last of the fighter pilots who fought in the Battle of Britain,
John "Paddy" Hemingway joined the Royal Air Force as a
teenager, and came home one heck of a man. Having participated
in the three-month battle in British skies, "Paddy" helped secure
his country from the threat of invasion by Nazi Germany.
During the war he was shot down four times and was awarded
the Distinguished Flying Cross, through it all becoming a
Group Captain.
When Winston Churchill said "Never in the field of human conflict
was there so much owed by so many to so few," of the courageous
men who fought this battle to keep Britain free, he was talking about
men like Paddy Hemingway.
Paddy went to the Ultimate Glory at 105. Rest in Peace.
You are a truly Great Briton.
MEM
No comments:
Post a Comment