Wing Commander Paddy Finucane (Brendan Finucane) R.A.F., D.S.O., D.F.C. (el. knyga) (skaityta knyga) | knygos.lt

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This book was first published in 1942 as a tribute to Irish-born RAF fighter pilot and flying ace, Brendan Finucane (1920-1942), who died fighting for Britain during World War II.Known amongst his colleagues as &quote;Paddy,&quote; Finucane was credited with 28 aerial victories-five probably destroyed, six shared destroyed, one shared probable victory, and eight damaged-and was also noted for being the youngest person ever given command of a fighter wing in the history of aerial combat, namely the Hornchurch Wing.&quote;IF SOMEONE asked me to describe Wing Commander Brendan Finucane R.A.F. in two words, I would say &quote;bright and shining.&quote; He seemed always to radiate light and lift of the spirit-his frequent smile, the way the corners of his generously drawn mouth went up-his witty friendly eyes-even his crisp dark red hair seemed always lifted by a breeze from &quote;the upper air&quote; he loved so well, the upper air in which from his eighteenth birthday until the day of July seventeenth, nineteen hundred and forty-two, he spent the greater part of his waking life. This smiling friendliness, this winning manner, caused him to be known as &quote;Paddy&quote; to all the world.&quote;-JAMES REYNOLDS