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Last surviving Battle of Britain pilot John Hemingway 'just lucky'

2023-11-10 02:27
Group Captain John Hemingway, 104, has been shot four times, including twice in the aerial battle.
Last surviving Battle of Britain pilot John Hemingway 'just lucky'

"I'm not a great man - I'm just a lucky man."

So says the Irishman who is the last known surviving member of the group Sir Winston Churchill famously described as "the few".

Group Captain John Hemingway, now 104, was a fighter pilot in the Battle of Britain.

He now lives back in the...