The last surviving pilot from the Battle of Britain, Group Captain John “Paddy” Hemingway, recalled the moment he was shot down in 1940 in an interview that has resurfaced following his death aged 105 on Monday, 17 March.
Last surviving Battle of Britain pilot John ‘Paddy’ Hemingway remembers moment he was shot down
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