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Douglas Bader

Posted by Maureen Cleator on 12/6/2005, 14:39:08, in reply to "Military still operates in Catch 22 mode"
Douglas Bader was a WW2 fighter ace who came up with the "Big Wing" concept to fight the Luftwaffe. Commaded a Squadron full of Canadian Pilots.He lost both his legs before the war yet still fought in the Battle of Britain was shot down escaped and was evetually sent to Colditz. The Germans eventually took his tin legs way from him to stop his escape attempts!!!!

Great film with Kenneth Moore Reach for the Sky tells his story. He was a great inspiration to disabled people everywhere.

Maureen


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