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Article: Eye surgeon was second world war fighter ...
Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK);  September 29, 2007 ;     659 words ... ... choirboy at school, went on to become a fighter pilot, prisoner of war, opthalmic surgeon ... officer to the 14th Battalion in the First World War and then with the 4th Field Ambulance ... months after the outbreak of the Second World War. Mr Winn joined the air force and trained ...

Article: Memories of my first flight in a 'Spit' ANNIVERSARY: Seventy ...
Coventry Evening Telegraph (England);  March 11, 2006 ;     681 words ...Byline: By Duncan Gibbons SECOND WORLD WAR fighter pilot Tony Pickering today helped celebrate the 70th anniversary ... who flew 75 missions in Spitfires during the Second World War (right). Main picture: Mark Radford' MEN AT ...

Article: World War II Fighter Pilot Passes ...
Oakland Post;  February 24, 1999 ;     346 words ... ... 02-24-1999 World War II Fighter Pilot Passes Away U ... Price D. Rice, a fighter pilot with the 99th Fighter Squadron during World War II, has died of ... by 1942. As a fighter pilot during World War II, Rice saw combat ...

Article: Cricket: 'Nugget' Miller dies, aged 84; 'Pressure? I'll tell you ...
The Birmingham Post (England);  October 12, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... in the public affection after the dark years of the Second World War. He was one of those rare athletes who could turn a game ... the new ball with confidence.' Miller's experiences as a fighter pilot during the War affected him greatly and taught him to embrace ...

Article: Gregory 'Pappy' Boyington, American World War II ...
PR Newswire;  June 19, 1989 ;     632 words ... ... ADVISORY/ GREGORY 'PAPPY' BOYINGTON, AMERICAN WORLD WAR II FIGHTER PILOT, TO BE REMEMBERED AT CEREMONY JUNE 22 WHAT: Gregory "Pappy" Boyington, the great American World War II fighter pilot and leader of the famous "Black Sheep Squadron ...

Article: A sky-high price for ace's medals; How the bravery of ...
The Daily Mail (London, England);  December 11, 2001 ;     635 words ... ... MEDALS awarded to World War II fighter pilot Johnnie Johnson fetched ... passionately interested in World War II and the fighter ... recognised top scoring fighter pilot.' The collection ... awards of Canadian World War I poet Lieutenant ...

Article: Wilkinson, Ind., To Name Park for World War I ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  March 26, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... Wilkinson into national fame: World War I fighter pilot Weir Cook. Consequently, townsfolk ... down seven German warplanes in World War I. He helped select the site ... Harvey Weir Cook Jr., 76, a World War II veteran who was retired from ...