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Sir Douglas Bader was a RAF ace who went down in history for both his victories in the World War II air battles and the fact that he achieved them besides the fact that he had lost both his legs in a plane crash in 1931. He won at least 22 aerial victories, up until 1941, when he was forced to bail out his aircraft over Nazi-occupied France. Despite his disability, he attempted several times to escape, forcing the Germans to transfer him to the Colditz Castle prison. Sir Douglas Bader was finally released in April 1945, when the Castle was liberated by the US Army. He retired from the RAF in 1946.
He was once invited to give a talk at a girls’ school about his experience as a pilot during World War II.
’So there were two of the Fokkers behind me, three Fokkers to my right, another Fokker on the left,’ he told the audience. The headmistress went pale and interjected: ‘Ladies, the Fokker was a German aircraft.’ Sir Douglas replied: ‘That may be madam, but these Fokkers were in Messerschmitts.’
He was once invited to give a talk at a girls’ school about his experience as a pilot during World War II.
’So there were two of the Fokkers behind me, three Fokkers to my right, another Fokker on the left,’ he told the audience. The headmistress went pale and interjected: ‘Ladies, the Fokker was a German aircraft.’ Sir Douglas replied: ‘That may be madam, but these Fokkers were in Messerschmitts.’