It was a man with tin legs who steeled Dundas’ nerves towards the end of the Battle of Britain. Douglas Bader was a man of deep resilience. He had lost both legs in an air crash when training to become an RAF pilot in 1931. First he relearned to walk then got back in a plane and passed all his flying tests. But the RAF administrators decided against having a double amputee in the air force. On the outbreak of war Bader presented himself ready for action. Desperate for pilots, the RAF took him on. They did not regret their decision. From Dunkirk onwards, he bludgeoned his way through melees,
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