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HAPPY 100th BIRTHDAY, SIR DOUGLAS!!

Sunday, February 21st, 2010

Had he lived, our eponymous inspiration would have been 100 today. We acknowledge his Centenary Year and feel sure that he would be proud of the new initiatives and Events that we have in place to honour it. BADER BRAVES, launched on the 10th February is now up and running with several Events already in the pipeline and to be announced on this Website very soon, and we have another exciting string to the Foundation bow also to be announced shortly.

In the meantime please enjoy a few photographs from Sir Douglas’s extraordinary life:

Douglas Robert Steuart Bader with his mother, Jessie, and his father, Major Frederick Roberts Bader

Douglas Robert Steuart Bader with his mother, Jessie, and his father, Major Frederick Roberts Bader

Douglas with his older brother, Frederick (Derick)

Douglas with his older brother, Frederick (Derick)

Douglas was determined to prove that he could still fly and rejoin the R.A.F. after losing his legs

Douglas was determined to prove that he could still fly and rejoin the R.A.F. after losing his legs

Group Captain Sir Douglas Bader as many would probably remember him best

Group Captain Sir Douglas Bader as many would probably remember him best

Sir Douglas on his 70th birthday with his grandson, Charley Douglas

Sir Douglas on his 70th birthday with his grandson, Charley Douglas Bickers

A CENTENARY WORTH CELEBRATING!


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5 Responses for “HAPPY 100th BIRTHDAY, SIR DOUGLAS!!”

    • Rebecca
    • Monday, February 22nd, 2010 at 8:14 am

    Wow. I hadn’t heard of him before, but then my Dad suggested I read Reach For The Sky for my year 12 english project, and I have to say, I am so inspired and impressed! What an incredible man.

  2. My husband and I only recently learned about Sir Douglas through Paul Bruckhill’s biography “Reach for the Sky.” I found the story completely inspirational. Happy 100th to a true hero.

    • Tim Evans
    • Thursday, April 29th, 2010 at 2:00 pm

    I met him when I was seven years old and a hero of war stories to my generation of children, I never knew he would be an inspiration to me when I became an amputee but I am glad I met him because it made me realise that if I want to do something I should go for it. I have never believed myself disabled, I think of myself as inconvenienced and all thanks to Douglas Bader.

  4. I am from Brazil and I am a disabled since I was born, 35 years ago. Douglas Bader became both a great inspiration and a hero for me, since I read his feats during the Battle of Britain, a couple of decades ago. He was a gift for the Mankind!!!!

    • Shannon
    • Monday, February 21st, 2011 at 3:16 pm

    Douglas Bader is my hero, he inspires me every day. Happy Birthday Douglas!

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The Douglas Bader Foundation is a charity organisation, formed in honour of Sir Douglas Bader in 1982 by family and friends, many of whom had flown side by side with Douglas during World War 2. Douglas was honoured in 1976 with a Knighthood for his contribution and work on behalf of the disabled. The mission of the foundation is to continue Douglas' work in conjunction with and on behalf of individuals with a disability. read more >
 
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