(By Simon Toft Published on Monday 19 September 2011 08:37 by Portsmouth News) TENS of thousands of spectators and competitors at the Goodwood Revival were transported back to the dark days of the war when 10 Spitfires took to the skies for a memorable flypast. The iconic fighter planes scrambled en masse yesterday at the [...]
by Jenny Minard BBC Berkshire Reporter Of all the Battle of Britain pilots, the name that is still the most famous is Sir Douglas Bader. He destroyed 22 enemy aircraft and was a larger than life character – which alone made him a well-known name. But that he overcame losing his legs in a flying [...]
Prime Minister David Cameron has met heroes of the Battle of Britain in central London at the start of a week of commemorations of the 70th anniversary of the RAF’s historic struggle with Germany’s Luftwaffe. He met four of the people wartime PM Sir Winston Churchill called “the few”: Spitfire pilots Geoffrey Wellum, 89, from [...]
Posted By SEAN CHASE in The Canadian Daily Observer The images on the screen presented a frightening prospect to the startled radar operators manning their station high on the Dover cliffs. Multiple tracks revealed waves of enemy aircraft inbound from the French coast. Since the evacuation at Dunkirk in the spring, Britain held out as [...]
ALEX HURRELL Menus signed by some of the Battle of Britain’s bravest pilots, including men who served with distinction on Norfolk RAF bases, have turned up unexpectedly on the eve of the conflict’s 70th anniversary. The wife and five daughters of the late Air Vice Marshal Freddie Hurrell, including two who live in Norfolk, were [...]
By Peter Lewis Battle of Britain pilots would take to the air sick with fear – but their bravery and skill were all that denied Hitler victory Scramble!! There is no other word like it for reviving the sensations of the Battle of Britain just 70 years ago. For RAF fighter pilots it was the [...]
ERIC LOCK was so short that his fellow RAF pilots nicknamed him “Sawn Off Lockie”. But that was before his stunning achievements during the Battle Of Britain. After that, they thought Eric was ten feet tall. The fight above the skies of southern England – which started 70 years ago today – was perhaps the [...]
The Battle of Britain began 70 years ago today. Kanika Datta talks to one of the leading authorities on this struggle for air supremacy: a British ex-policeman named Dilip Sarkar For most Calcuttans, Red Road along the Maidan is one of the few remaining links with World War II. Then a red-clay strip, from which [...]
Please follow the link below to a BBC interview with Douglas Bader World War II fighter pilot ace Douglas Bader discusses his fame and why it is so important to mark anniversaries of major historical events such as the … www.bbc.co.uk/archive/battleofbritain/11406.shtml
The Douglas Bader Foundation is very proud to announce the launching of a unique fundraising website www.ArtToFly.org in this the 100th anniversary of Douglas’ birth and the 70th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain in which he played a part. It’s not an ordinary commercial website, as you will see! ART TO FLY features a [...]
AVIATION entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson has voiced a commemorative podcast for the Royal Air Force Museum. The founder of the Virgin Group narrated this month’s podcast, Bader: Fighter Pilot, which has been commissioned to mark the centenary of Douglas Bader’s birth, on February 21. It will form part of a series of exhibitions at the [...]
By Jim Luksic (Valley Journal staff writer) It’s a Friday morning in early November and Les Mason is adjusting his model airplane. Instructor and airplane builder Les Mason, left, and Santa Barbara Remote Control Modelers president Tom Wolf put the final touches on Hawker Hurricane last Friday before sending it skyward. – Photos by Jim [...]
**EMBARGO – 12.01pm, 31ST MAY 2009** BATTLE OF BRITAIN HERO AND DISABILITY AWARENESS CAMPAIGNER, SIR DOUGLAS BADER, COMMEMORATED WITH ENGLISH HERITAGE BLUE PLAQUE – Sir Richard Branson to Join Celebration of World War ll Flying Ace who Suffered Double Amputation – – Bader’s Inspirational Work to Raise Profile of those Living with Disability Commemorated – [...]
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THE BADER CUP was started in 1987, and is now widely recognised as the largest National Mixed Greensome Stableford Golf Tournament in Europe.
John Southwick founded the Tournament to raise funds for The Douglas Bader Foundation. He still organises the competition.
Please see the Bader Golf Page and the nested Bader Cup pages on the left hand menu bar.For more information, a brochure or to enter and help to raise money for a good cause, please visit John Southwick's dedicated Website:
www.thebadercup.co.uk
Art to Fly, a specialist aviation artwork Website, was created by Pat Barnard, long-time friend of Sir Douglas, as a way of supporting the Douglas Bader Foundation disabled children’s Flying Days.
You can find out more about Art to Fly and the aviation paintings and drawings, aircraft prints and books – all signed by famous WW11 pilots and carefully selected and attractively priced for aviation art collectors - by visiting the Website:
www.arttofly.orgAs Art To Fly is a non-profit organization, 100% of the profits of any sales go to help disabled children experience the joy of flight through the Douglas Bader Foundation’s “Bader Braves” Flying Days programme, details of which can be found on this Website.
