Douglas Bader - T-shirt F-86 Sabre retiring in 2005

retiring in 2005

Aircrews who blast around the loop have another unrepeatable name for this low flying area

In 1972 the Phantom replaced the Sea Vixen

version of the Rolls Royce Merlin 66 and armed with six 50 cal machine guns

finally retiring in 1979

Douglas Bader - T-shirt F-86 Sabre retiring in 2005Group Captain Sir Douglas Robert Steuart Bader Bader joined the Royal Air Force in 1928 and was commissioned in 1930. In 1931 he lost both legs after crashing during aerobatics which resulted in his retirement. However, at the outbreak of war Bader was accepted as a pilot and fought over Dunkirk and throughout the Battle of Britain. This design celebrates Bader as a Fighter Ace with 22 destroyed to his name, but he was part of the RAF that was served