英国飞行员 John "Paddy" Hemingway小组队长 105岁时死亡
Last surviving Battle of Britain pilot, Group Captain John "Paddy" Hemingway, dies at 105.
John "Paddy" Hemingway组队长 英国战役最后一位幸存的飞行员 105岁时死亡
Group Captain John "Paddy" Hemingway, the last surviving pilot from the Battle of Britain, has died at 105.
赫明威出生于1919年都柏林,1938年加入英国皇家空军,参加法国战争,之后成为温斯顿·丘吉尔所说的"少数人"的一员.
Born in Dublin in 1919, Hemingway joined the RAF in 1938 and fought in the Battle of France before becoming part of "The Few," a term coined by Winston Churchill.
海明威于1941年获得杰出飞行十字勋章,在D日行动和地中海盟军空军中服务。
Hemingway was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross in 1941 and served in D-Day operations and the Mediterranean Allied Air Forces.
他的死标志着一个时代的结束,因为他是英国飞行员最后一场已知的幸存战役。
His death marks the end of an era as he was the last known surviving Battle of Britain pilot.