Douglas Bader
British World flying ace (1910-1982) · United Kingdom · On the map · Athletes · Died at 72
Group Captain Sir Douglas Robert Steuart Bader was a Royal Air Force flying ace during the Second World War, who achieved great success despite loss of the lower part of both his legs after a 1931 air crash, one amputation above the knee and the other below the knee.
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Bader, Flt Lt Harry Day and Fg Off Geoffrey Stephenson during training for the 1932 Hendon airshow, with a Gloster Gamecock
Squadron Leader D R S Bader, DSO, DFC. (1940) by Eric Kennington,(Art.IWM ART LD 832)
Bader, commanding officer of No. 242 Squadron, sitting on his Hurricane at Duxford during the Battle of Britain in September 1940
Colditz Castle in April 1945. Bader was a prisoner here for nearly three years![Bader sitting middle, with a mess in Colditz (Date: 1942-43). {{cite web| url = https://www.therecord.com/opinion/columnists/many-surviving-veterans-saddled-with-pain-and-trauma/article_e5ac39b9-8b12-5ec3-b3c1-f882540b39ef.html | title = Many surviving veterans saddled with pain and trauma | last = Middleton | first = A. J. | date = 11 November 2017 | website = therecord.com | publisher = | access-date = 18 January 2023 | quote = }} Bader, arrived in August 1942."},"2":{"wt":"group=N"}},"i":0}}]}">[N 2]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Mess_best_bader_harvey_bruce.jpg/500px-Mess_best_bader_harvey_bruce.jpg)
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Bader in 1968 with several other World War II aces
Douglas Bader House in Fairford is now the headquarters for the RAF Charitable TrustAwards
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Resuming flying in 1939 after being re-checked for his flying abilities, he became a front-line fighter leader. He was credited with 22 aerial victories, four shared victories, six probables, one shared probable and 11 enemy aircraft damaged.
