Pilot, who has died aged 105, was last Battle of Britain survivor
John ‘Paddy’ Hemingway at Casement Aerodrome, Baldonnel, in 2022 in front of a Hurricane fighter of the type he flew in World War II. Photo: Collins
John ‘Paddy’ Hemingway at Casement Aerodrome, Baldonnel, in 2022 in front of a Hurricane fighter of the type he flew in World War II. Photo: Collins
Kim Bielenberg
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If ever there was a World War II pilot who had nine lives, it was the Group Captain John ‘Paddy’ Hemingway.
Serving in the British Royal Air Force (RAF), the airman from Dartry in south Dublin was shot down no fewer than four times during the war, and escaped many other dangerous sorties as a pilot.