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Old 10-23-12, 07:48 AM   #1
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Default Oldest surviving Battle of Britain pilot dies aged 99



http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...s-aged-99.html

Well my subsim nick rather ironic here, but - Farewell hero and thanks for all that you have done for us, I raise my cup of coffee to you.
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Old 10-23-12, 08:01 AM   #2
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Old 10-23-12, 08:07 AM   #3
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RIP Sir!
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Old 10-23-12, 08:35 AM   #4
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Rest in peace good man!
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Old 10-23-12, 09:18 AM   #5
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Old 10-23-12, 11:13 AM   #6
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Thank you, and goodbye.

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Old 10-23-12, 11:19 AM   #7
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Old 10-23-12, 11:25 AM   #8
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May he rest in peace.
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Old 10-23-12, 11:42 AM   #9
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The end of an era. Rest in peace.
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Old 10-23-12, 11:44 AM   #10
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There is no greater loss than a piece of living history. RIP.
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Old 10-23-12, 12:25 PM   #11
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Old 10-23-12, 12:41 PM   #12
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"Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few..."

-- Winston Churchill

Never were truer words spoken...

RIP and accept our humble thanks...

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Old 10-23-12, 01:23 PM   #13
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Flight Lieutenant William Walker reads his poem 'Our Wall' dedicated to the Christopher Foxley-Norris memorial wall at Capel-Le-Ferne:
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Old 10-23-12, 01:23 PM   #14
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Thank you for yours and your comrades bravery sir. Sleep in peace
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Old 10-24-12, 08:27 AM   #15
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Flight Lieutenant William Walker reads his poem 'Our Wall' dedicated to the Christopher Foxley-Norris memorial wall at Capel-Le-Ferne:
Chris Evans played it twice on his breakfast show, very moving!
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