Title: The last of "The Few"
Post by: Bob U on October 23, 2012, 11:58:54 am
RIP William and thanks from mine and future generations.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20040676
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20040676
Title: Re: The last of "The Few"
Post by: Grand_Fromage on October 23, 2012, 01:02:22 pm
My dad was one of The Few. As a young adult I remember collecting him from RAF Bentley Priory after he had attended the annual pilots' reunion in September each year. On my first visit the driveway was choked with cars and taxis, but as the decades rolled by, the cars were fewer and fewer, until the last time I performed my annual duty, I drove unimpeded to the front doors to collect slightly sozzled parent. He died the following summer. My dad had survived so much, it was hard to accept that he was gone. It still is. As a country we owe them all a huge debt of gratitude, and I have a personal debt to my father who was both an inspiration and an example, even though I rarely followed his exemplary footseps!
Title: Re: The last of "The Few"
Post by: monkey on October 23, 2012, 03:19:31 pm
Yes RIP William Walker. A rare bread of young men who saved the civilized world. GF you must be immensely proud of you father. We are all indebted to him and all of the few.
A detail - I am not sure the William Walker was the last of the few but the 'oldest?' I think there are still some alive but they were/are younger?
A detail - I am not sure the William Walker was the last of the few but the 'oldest?' I think there are still some alive but they were/are younger?
Title: Re: The last of "The Few"
Post by: Grand_Fromage on October 24, 2012, 11:16:30 am
http://www.battleofbritainmemorial.org/news/921/our-eldest-veteran-takes-to-the-skies-for-the-last-time/ (http://www.battleofbritainmemorial.org/news/921/our-eldest-veteran-takes-to-the-skies-for-the-last-time/)
Title: Re: The last of "The Few"
Post by: Barry on October 24, 2012, 04:10:05 pm
Only about 55 of the Few remain.
Title: Re: The last of "The Few"
Post by: Shortcut on October 25, 2012, 11:23:07 pm
At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, we will remember them.
Title: Re: The last of "The Few"
Post by: mgmark on October 26, 2012, 09:01:23 pm
With thanks for them and their legacy. RIP.
MG Mark
MG Mark
Title: Re: The last of "The Few"
Post by: Nobby Diesel on October 27, 2012, 01:57:11 am
RIP William and a HUGE thank you.
