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Wallace Cunningham, 1916-2011 RAF ACE

Started By Panzercommander, 10 Oct 2011 06:19 PM

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Panzercommander

Posted October 10, 2011 - 06:19 PM

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Wallace Cunningham

Mr Cunningham, who was born in Glasgow in 1916 , joined the RAF Volunteer Reserve in 1938 and trained to fly at Prestwick.

During the summer of 1940 he destroyed five German aircraft and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. He later spent three and a half years as a prisoner of war.

He died at his retirement home in South Lanarkshire last week.

In a speech in August 1940 Winston Churchill famously said about the Battle of Britain pilots: "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few."

http://www.bbc.co.uk...w-west-15239346

Panzer C

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