The Last Of The Few

[Jabo]

Flt Lt William Walker, the last remaining pilot to have fought in the Battle of Britain passed away yesterday aged 99.

The end of an era indeed.

"They went with songs to the battle, they were young.

Straight of limb, true of eyes, steady and aglow.

They were staunch to the end against odds uncounted,

They fell with their faces to the foe.

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:

Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.

At the going down of the sun and in the morning,

We will remember them."

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[fruitbat]

ummm, isn't Geoff Wellum still alive for a start?

ahhh, i see, you got that from the Daily Mail, he was the oldest BoB pilot left, not the last.

that said, RIP Flt Lt William Walker

[DD_Fenrir_fb]

Heard the same this morning.

I remember seeing Mr Walker on that documentary presented by the McGregor brothers; struck me as a true gentlemen, with the humilty, wit and decency that so seem to typify the men of his breed.

As far as him being the last; hmmmm. As far as I know Geoff Wellum & Tom Neil are still with us and they flew in the Battle...

Geoff was with 92 Squadron and they flew - though I don't know if he specifically did - on 15th September 1940 from Biggin Hill. Would surprise me if he wasn't amongst them.

Tom Neil flew Hurricanes with 249 squadron throughout the battle and did pretty well too.

I suspect the media are lambasting this across the pages/airwaves/cyberspace without having thoroughly checked their information. Surprise surprise!

- beat me to it again Kev! Daily Mail, eh? Them? Getting facts wrong? Never!

[Jabo]

I got it from the BBC this morning. They've now changed 'last' to 'oldest surviving'. I thought Wellum was still around too although he wasn't flying at the start

[T_O_A_D]

Sad news, S! to another one.

[Friar]

salute

[Painless]

~S~ William,

THANK YOU SIR !!

~S~ The Towell family.