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Signed working script for the film "Battle of Britain", 26 February 1968.
Archives, 1968, In Storage, X005-2124
Working script for the 1969 film "Battle of Britain" with signatures from personnel who flew planes for the production and significant individuals who were present during the actual engagement.
Teleprinter message from HQ 11 Group to 2 Group and all stations, relating to the parachute dropping of Wg Cdr Douglas Bader's artificial leg over St. Omer, 19 August 1941
Archives, In Storage, DC76/65
Douglas Bader lost his legs in a flying accident in 1931, he learned to walk again with prosthetic limbs and on the outbreak of war managed to rejoin the RAF as a fighter pilot. He was shot down on an operation over France on the 9th August losing one of his artificial legs as he baled out of his Spitfire.
Log Book of Group Captain Douglas Bader
Archives, In Storage, B354
This logbook belonged to Group Captain Sir Douglas Bader. His life was encapsulated in the film 'Reach for the Sky' (1956).
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- Gp Capt Sir Douglas Robert Steuart Bader
- 19 Squadron (RAF) [1]
- 2 Group (RAF) [1]
- 222 Squadron (RAF) [1]
- 242 Squadron (RAF) [1]
- 302 Squadron (RAF) [1]
- 310 Squadron (RAF) [1]
- 611 Squadron (RAF) [1]
- 64 Squadron (RAF) [1]
- Air Cdre Alan Christopher Deere [1]