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John Badger, DFC (31 May 1911 – 30 June 1941) was a British flying ace of the Royal Air Force (RAF) during the Second World War. He is credited with the destruction of at least ten aircraft. Born in London, Badger joined the RAF in 1928 as an apprentice tradesman. Three years later, he was awarded a flying cadetship and subsequently trained ...
[143] [144] Others had stopped goon-baiting but Bader continued to the end, which saved his life as an American shell destroyed his room. Lee Carson, an American journalist accompanying the army, went out of her way to find Bader and gain a personal account of the conditions within the castle. Bader departed the castle with Carson; he was in ...
Paddy Mayne, DSO – British and Irish Lions rugby union player; Fitzroy Maclean – MP for Bute and Northern Ayrshire and Lancaster; John McAleese – first man on the balcony during the Iranian Embassy siege in 1980 caught on live news. Team member for the BBC Television series SAS Survival Secrets; Peter McAleese – former mercenary and author
Fatalities from wingsuit flying have occurred almost from the inception of the sport. Listed below are notable examples where wingsuit pilots were publicly named in the press, including when wingsuit practice was not the first cause of death. This incomplete list is frequently updated to include new information. Date Name Age Location Details 4 February 1912 Franz Reichelt 33 France The ...
1988 – Death of Kenneth Lee Porter, American WWI flying ace, Engineer who worked for Boeing during WWII and was a member of the US fighting pilots Association. 1991 – Returning from a strike against Iraqi forces, a U. S. Air Force B-52G Stratofortress attempting to land at Diego Garcia crashes on final approach.
The following is a list of pilots and other aircrew who flew during the Battle of Britain, and were awarded the Battle of Britain Clasp [1] to the 1939–45 Star by flying at least one authorised operational sortie with an eligible unit of the Royal Air Force or Fleet Air Arm during the period from 0001 hours on 10 July to 2359 hours 31 October 1940.
This occurred with the death of 99-year-old George D. Grundy Jr. on May 19, 1998. [1] The organization was restarted and is devoted to collecting and publishing biographies on those who met the 1916 deadline. There were many pilots who soloed before the 1916 deadline who never applied to the club to be members. Some have been made honorary members.
The deliberate crashes of American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175 into the World Trade Center as part of the September 11 attacks in 2001 constitute, by a large margin, the deadliest aircraft disaster by number of victims on the ground, with a total of approximately 2,600 ground fatalities attributed to the two crashes and ...