Wing Commander Paul Farnes

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edited January 2020 in Congratulations, Good Wishes & Kind Thoughts #1

Sad to see that the last of "The Few" has finally passed away, aged 101.

One cannot reiterate enough the enormous debt that this united country owes to those brave pilots as well as the support crew on the ground including aircraft designers etc.

Thank you.

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  • Cornersteady
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    edited January 2020 #2

    I was just going to post on his passing but you have said it all and I could not agree more

    The gratitude of every home in our island, in our Empire, and indeed throughout the world except in the abodes of the guilty goes out to the British airmen who, undaunted by odds, unweakened by their constant challenge and mortal danger, are turning the tide of world war by their prowess and their devotion.

  • ABM
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    edited January 2020 #3

    And The Few Become Fewer.

    R I P Wing Commander, Sir

  • Oneputt
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    edited January 2020 #4

    Another of the few from WW2 gone.  You have my gratitude for the sacrifices your generations made so I could live my relatively peaceful life - RIP

    For me personally it’s been a sad start to the year as a number of my Band of Brothers have departed to join the Angel Squadron RIP

  • trellis
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    edited January 2020 #5

    Chocs away ,one last flight...RIP  Sir .

  • Amesford
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    edited January 2020 #6

    Thanks to you Wing commander and the many thousand others I was born and brought up in a free country.

                                          God Bless 

  • DavidKlyne
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    edited January 2020 #7

    Always amazing how many of these people that have seen and suffered such adversity survive into ripe old age.

    David

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