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Title: Name This...(1008)
Post by: brady on February 10, 2005, 10:55:01 PM

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Title: Name This...(1008)
Post by: storch on February 10, 2005, 11:03:25 PM

Bader?

Title: Name This...(1008)
Post by: Rafe35 on February 10, 2005, 11:03:34 PM

Douglas R.S. Bader of Canadian 242 Squadron(in the middle) with his Hurricane Mk 1 with "kicked off Hitler" Noseart :)

Title: Name This...(1008)
Post by: Flyboy on February 11, 2005, 05:38:17 AM

wasnt bader the pilot with no legs?

Title: Name This...(1008)
Post by: Panzzer on February 11, 2005, 06:30:58 AM

Yes. Well, he had artificial legs..

Title: Name This...(1008)
Post by: brady on February 11, 2005, 02:22:29 PM

Douglas Bader, it is:)

Hurricane Mk I, it is:)

Canadian 242 Sq, it is:)

Title: Name This...(1008)
Post by: bunch on February 11, 2005, 07:48:53 PM

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Originally posted by Flyboy
wasnt bader the pilot with no legs?

One of at least two

Title: Name This...(1008)
Post by: airbumba on February 12, 2005, 03:59:48 PM

Left to right...Ball, Bader,McKnight.

McNight's from Calgary, Alberta. Another Canadian with them was Percy Turner, my personal Can. WW2 hero. You gotta read this dudes story, he had a little part in everything, check it out.

http://www.constable.ca/turner.html

Read the part about the French request to leave the Hurri's in France, and the British response,lol. Great story.(the sad part was leaving the liquer tent behind, hehe).