Douglas Bader, the Tin-Legged Ace Who Flew the Battle of Britain on Two Artificial Legs
How RAF ace Douglas Bader lost both legs in a 1931 crash and still flew the Battle of Britain on two artificial legs.
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Hurricane R four one eighteen and the Battle of Britain veteran pulled from India and restored to fly again
Hurricane R4118, a Battle of Britain combat veteran with 49 sorties, was recovered from India and restored to airworthy condition.
TaildraggerThe Dornier Do seventeen pulled from the English Channel and the only surviving Bomber of its kind
The last surviving Dornier Do 17, a WWII German bomber, was recovered from the English Channel in 2013 after 73 years underwater.
TaildraggerDouglas Bader and the legless ace who fought the Battle of Britain on tin legs
Douglas Bader lost both legs in a 1931 crash, then became one of the RAF's greatest fighter aces in World War II.
TaildraggerThe Hawker Hurricane restorations and the Battle of Britain fighter that had to be rescued from obscurity
The Hawker Hurricane scored 60% of Battle of Britain kills yet nearly vanished - here's how restorers are saving it.
TaildraggerFlying Legends at Duxford and the warbird airshow where history never left the ground
Flying Legends at Duxford is the world's premier warbird airshow, flying WWII fighters from the same grass where they once scrambled for battle.
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