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Douglas Bader

World War II

United Kingdom

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ImageMay 9, 2016
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ImageAug 11, 2015
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Source URLs

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Branson, founder of the Virgin Group of companies
for the Royal Air Force Museum
Bader's 1956 biopic, "Reach for the Sky,
a history written for the Royal Canadian Air Force
the 1982 "This is Your Life" show
according to the RAF Museum.
Blesma, Britain's limbless veterans association
the Douglas Bader Foundation
interview with BBC History Magazine
for Britain's National Portrait Gallery