The Saint
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Post by The Saint on Jul 20, 2018 7:29:16 GMT
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Post by Gene Hunt on Jul 20, 2018 7:31:13 GMT
RIP Sqn Ldr Wellum. We've all so much to thank you for.
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Post by Arthur Pringle on Jul 20, 2018 16:30:17 GMT
RIP Geoffrey.
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Post by Sam Tyler on Jul 21, 2018 9:19:18 GMT
More sad news. 
My father and I were also fortunate enough to have met Geoffrey Wellum at the same book signing mentioned in the thread for Tom Neil. Geoffrey was probably the most famous, if that is the correct word, of the pilots that served to defend our country. A regular on TV documentaries and commemorative programmes he had a forthright and very endearing character combined with a fantastic memory for the events such that I (and I'm sure many others) could have listened to him for hours.
Again it is amazing that he survived the war but to live to the age of 96 is also an amazing achievement.
One of "The Few" to which we owe so much.
R.I.P Geoffrey. |
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Post by Charles Bronson on Jul 22, 2018 9:41:15 GMT
RIP Geoffrey.
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Post by Dirty Epic on Jul 22, 2018 12:20:24 GMT
RIP Geoffrey again can't add much more than you lads have said but a true hero in every sense.  |
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Post by D.C. Burtonshaw on Jul 27, 2018 19:25:43 GMT
RIP Geoffrey Wellum, a British true hero
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Post by Davy Freeth on Jul 28, 2018 18:58:50 GMT
A true British hero ,legend and superhero we owe so much to so few. R I P
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Post by Arthur Pringle on Aug 11, 2018 13:08:26 GMT
Blackpool Airshow is this weekend, I live near & about half an hour ago weeding in the garden I saw a Spitfire flying very low overhead then a Lancaster & a Hurricane. I didn't know there was an airshow so it came as quite a surprise to see these old aircraft. This was a Battle Of Britain Memorial Flight, a second one is due tomorrow afternoon. britishairshows.com/blackpool-airshow.html |
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