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applegrove

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1. My dad had a friend who died in the naughts. He was a fighter

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Mon Mar 17, 2025, 09:34 PM

Mar 2025

Last edited Tue Mar 18, 2025, 12:31 PM - Edit history (1)

pilot instructor in WWII and flew at the front in the end. When he died a local pilot flew his Spitfire over the church (the same pilot had offered to let him fly the Spitfire 60 years after the war - his wife said no).

As they say "Never have so many owed so much to so few".

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My dad had a friend who died in the naughts. He was a fighter applegrove Mar 2025 #1