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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 ...
Group Captain Sir Douglas Robert Steuart Bader, CBE, DSO & Bar, DFC & Bar, DL, FRAeS (/ ˈ b ɑː d ər /; 21 February 1910 – 5 September 1982) was a Royal Air Force flying ace during the Second World War.
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.
Aces High: A Tribute to the Most Notable Fighter Pilots of the British and Commonwealth Forces of WWII, Volume One, Volume 2. Grub Street Publishing. ISBN 9781898697008. Thomas, Andrew (2012). Defiant, Blenheim and Havoc Aces. Aircraft Of The Aces 105. illustrated by Chris Davey. Oxford: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1849086660. Thomas, Andrew ...
The pilot and observer sat in tandem, the pilot in front under the upper-wing trailing edge and the observer behind with a ring-mounted 0.303 in (7.7 mm) Lewis Gun. At first, the Badger had almost no fixed fin. Construction was the usual for the era fabric covered wood-and-fabric. The undercarriage was a single axle plus tailskid arrangement. [1]
Pilots in this category served in various ministries, commercial services, the Royal Air Force, the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm, and the British Army Air Corps The main page for this category is Category:British military personnel of World War II .
British Airways Flight 009, sometimes referred to by its callsign Speedbird 9 or as the Jakarta incident, [1] was a scheduled British Airways flight from London Heathrow to Auckland, with stops in Bombay, Kuala Lumpur, Perth, and Melbourne. On 24 June 1982, the route was flown by City of Edinburgh, a Boeing 747-236B registered as G-BDXH.
Above the Trenches: A Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the British Empire Air Forces 1915–1920. London: Grub Street. London: Grub Street. ISBN 0-948817-19-4 .