In the heart of London’s posh South Kensington neighborhood, a property that was the longtime home of famous wartime fighter pilot Sir Douglas Bader is on the market for £2.95 million (US$4 million).
Few stories from World War II seemed as impossible as that of Douglas Bader. After losing both of his legs in a devastating ...
The night the legs arrived everyone had a big time. When the Germans captured Wing Commander Douglas Bader, D.S.O., they had been amazed at the gallantry of this boy, with no legs of his own, whose ...
“I propose that Douglas Bader be prohibited from ever stepping into an aircraft again. Such men as he—and there are many like him—are too valuable to England. . . . The race should be allowed to keep ...
The legendary Supermarine Spitfire made its maiden flight on March 5, 1936 with test pilot Joseph 'Mutt' Summers from Hull at the controls. It went on to be one of the most famous aircraft ever for ...