The Saint
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Post by The Saint on Jul 13, 2018 8:22:58 GMT
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Post by Gene Hunt on Jul 13, 2018 8:27:24 GMT
RIP Tom and thank you for what you did for us all.
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Post by Sam Tyler on Jul 13, 2018 11:43:48 GMT
Very sad news.  My father and I met Tom Neil and other WW2 pilots at a book signing event some years ago. It was an honour to meet them all and to listen to my father's conversations with them. Although my father wasn't in active service during the war it was very soon after that he was in the RAF as an airframe fitter and was part of ground crew. Each pilot without fail showed their respects back to my father by saying that without the support of people like him in ground crew, they couldn't have done what they were able to achieve. What I liked about them was that there wasn't any trumpet blowing, they didn't consider themselves heroes, they just stated that they had a job to do and had to get on with it. It is remarkable that many of these pilots reached the end of the war let alone the age that Tom has been fortunate to attain. We have so much to thank the survivors and those that lost their lives for and they all have my greatest respect. R.I.P Tom |
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Post by Dirty Epic on Jul 13, 2018 12:09:27 GMT
RIP Tom a true 'hero'  |
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Post by Cartman on Jul 13, 2018 12:31:17 GMT
Agreed. We owe the Ww2 veterans a lot. My dad served in it, with the 8th army in North Africa. He spent the last three years of the war in a Pow camp in Germany after being captured at Tobruk.
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Post by Arthur Pringle on Jul 13, 2018 17:40:20 GMT
RIP Tom
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Post by John Steed on Jul 13, 2018 20:41:09 GMT
Sad news R.I.P. Tom Steed |
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Post by D.C. Burtonshaw on Jul 15, 2018 21:12:35 GMT
RIP and thanks for keeping Britain free Tom Ginger Neil
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