September 15th 1940 - Battle Of Britain Day

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Lest we forget

[Amado Aguiluz F.]

Here are some of the fabled "few":

Douglas R.S. Bader
Robert Stanford Tuck
Adolph G. Malan - "Sailor"
Charles A. Woods-Scawen
Patrick P. Woods-Scawen
Ernest A. McNab
Colin F. Gray
Geoffrey Allard - "Sammy"
Albert G. Lewis
Patterson C. Hughes
William L. McKnight
Ian R. Gleed - "Widge"
Peter Towsend
Colin Hodgkinson
Alan C. Deere
Bryan Carbury
Carl R. Davis
Urbanowicz, Witold
František, Josef

... plus lots more!
And of course, Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh C. T. Downing, C-in-C RAF Fighter Command!

Cheers,

Amado

[Ollie]

Don't forget Senator Molson, the oldest pilot to take part in the Battle.

[Firebird]

Don't forget Senator Molson, the oldest pilot to take part in the Battle.

I'm afraid that's not true.

Hartland Molson was born on May 29th 1907.

The station commander of RAF Northolt during the Battle of Britain was AVM Stanley Vincent, who was the only RAF pilot with confirmed victories in both WW1 and WW2. During the Battle of Britain, he regulary flew a Hurricane into battle and scored 2 victories in September 1940.

Stanley Vincent was born in 1897.

And even older, but on the German side, 'Onkel' Theo Osterkamp flew combat missions, scoring at least one victory during the Battle to add to the one already scored earlier in 1940. This added to the 32 victories he had in WW1.

Osterkamp was born in 1892.

[Amado Aguiluz F.]

Ollie,

Im sorry, but there are so many of those "few" ...
Indeed, Hartland de Montarville Molson, joined the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1939 and was wounded during the Battle of Britain.

Cheers,

Amado

[Ollie]

Should have said oldest CANADIAN pilot to take part in the Battle.

And as for the Germans, I don't really care, we won.