Battaglia di Gran Bretagna memoriale a Capel le Ferne. Insegne di 249 squadroni che volarono Hurricanes nel 1940 e un pilota Flt/Lt Nicolson vinse il VC

• Collaboratore: Alan Payton / Alamy Foto Stock
• ID dell’immagine: C15KPB
• Dimensioni dei file: 51,2 MB (3,6 MB Download compresso)
• Liberatorie: Modello - no | Proprietà - no
• Dimensioni: 3455 x 5184 px | 29,3 x 43,9 cm | 11,5 x 17,3 inches | 300dpi
• Data acquisizione: 8 marzo 2011
• Ubicazione: Kent, Capel-le-Ferne

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The Battle of Britain memorial at Capel le Ferne in Kent. Insignia of 249 squadron on the base of a seated pilot statue. 249 squadron pilot Flight Lieutenant EJB Nicholson won the Victoria Cross on the 16th August 1940 during the battle when he continued to fly and fight his burning Hurrricane despite being severely wounded by cannon shells and the flames licking around him inside the cockpit. He eventually baled out and spent months convalescing. It was his first combat sortie. He later returned to active flying but died later in the war. His VC was the only one awarded to an RAF fighter pilot during WW2.

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