John 'Paddy' Hemingway: Last surviving Battle of Britain pilot dies aged 105

John Hemingway, last airman from WWII’s Battle of Britain, dies at 105

In terse notations, the logbook kept by Royal Air Force fighter pilot John “Paddy” Hemingway in the summer of 1940 records the deadly struggles in the skies over England as wave after wave of German bombers sought to pound the…

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Tributes pour for Battle of Britain’s “Last of the Few”, who died at age 105 in Dublin

The Prince and Princess of Wales, and Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer are among the many people who have taken to social media to pay their respects to Group Captain John “Paddy” Hemingway, the last surviving pilot of the Battle of Britain. The RAF veteran, who also took part in the Battle of France and in Italy, died at the age of 105.

RIP, Battle of Britain Pilot Paddy Hemingway, the Last of the Few

Last surviving pilot from the Battle of Britain dies at age 105

John “Paddy” Hemingway, the last surviving pilot who flew during the Battle of Britain, has died at the age of 105.

John A. Hemingway, 105, last survivor of Battle of Britain

Addressing the British House of Commons in August 1940, Prime Minister Winston Churchill paid tribute to the pilots of the Royal Air Force who were staving off an impending German invasion of the British Isles in what would be known…