Header image: Left: John Hemingway in his Group Captain’s uniform on his 105th birthday in July 2024 (Photo: Crown Copyright). Right: John Hemingway as a Flying Officer in 1940.
Many readers will have seen the sad news that the last surviving Battle of Britain pilot, Group Captain (retired) John ‘Paddy’ Hemingway DFC, passed away on 17th March at the age of 105. This is our tribute to the last of “The Few”.
To commemorate the 80th anniversary of VE Day in May this year, the Club has produced a special t-shirt.
Header image: Top: Robert McClements has made a short film about the German night-intruder operation ‘Gisela’ in tribute to his father, Robert McClement senior (bottom left), who was a 10 Sqn Halifax mid-upper gunner, and his father’s friend Flt Lt John ‘Jack’ Lafolley RCAF (bottom centre), a 10 Sqn Halifax pilot who was killed on 4th March 1945, along with four of his crew, when they were shot down by one of the Luftwaffe night intruders within sight of the airfield they were attempting to land at.
