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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. He was credited with 22 aerial victories, four shared victories, six probables, one shared probable and 11 enemy aircraft damaged.
Reach for the Sky is a 1954 Australian radio serial based on the book of the same name by Australian author Paul Brickhill which was a biography of Douglas Bader.It was one of the most acclaimed Australian radio dramas of the 1950s, and a notable success for Rod Taylor who played Bader.
He couldn't play love scenes. He was more of a playboy type. He was Douglas Bader! Bader wasn't a technical adviser but I suppose Kenny More modelled himself physically on Bader. [1] More arranged to meet Bader to prepare for the role. They played a round of golf; much to More's surprise (as he was a good golfer), Bader beat him decisively. [7]
The Douglas Bader Foundation; RAF Museum online exhibition of Bader; Douglas Bader at CricketArchive (subscription required) The RAF side who lost 0 – 16 to the Royal Navy in 1931. Douglas Bader is on the far right in the front; Imperial War Museum Interview from 1982; Flying Scholarships for Disabled People. A charity set up in Douglas Bader ...
The Helen Daniels Bader Fund has a history of focusing on Alzheimer's and the health of older adults, while the Isabel and Alfred Bader Fund focuses on "improving the lives of low-income Milwaukeeans and Jewish education throughout the city." [5] The creation of the Helen Bader Foundation Inc was first announced in November 1991. [6]
Bader was fitted with the new style of legs and returned to active service with the RAF, to become known as "the legless pilot". [ 2 ] In early 1940, the officers' hospital on the station became the Women's Auxiliary Air Force Hospital, [ 3 ] with the Officers' hospital moving to the RAF Hospital Torquay .
Marilyn Gillies Carr (born 16 December 1941) is a Scottish woman from Dundee.She was born without arms or hands and uses her feet for all activities of daily living. [1]She appeared with Douglas Bader in the documentary film Two of a Kind in 1971, which contrasted his life as a double-leg amputee with hers as a person with no arms.
There is a problem with File:Douglas Bader.jpg, though it appears to be a crop of File:Douglas-Bader-on-wingLG.jpg, so that should be easy to sort out. The rest of the images are fine. SilkTork * YES! 15:23, 22 December 2010 (UTC) Could you check your sources that Bader's father served in the Royal Flying Corps. This source doesn't confirm that ...