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There are 2 quotes matching Douglas Bader in the collection:
I just made a balls of it, old boy. That’s all there was to it.
Group Captain Sir Douglas Bader
About his December 1931 roll performed immediately after takeoff that ended in the crash that led to the loss of both legs. He later flew fighters again, and led a wing of Spitfires during the Battle of Britain. Quoted in Wizard Prangs, The Spectator magazine, 14 November 1981.
X country - Reading. Crashed slow-rolling near ground. Bad show.
Group Captain Sir Douglas Bader
Logbook entry December 1931, describing his roll performed immediately after takeoff that ended in the crash that led to the loss of both legs. He later flew fighters again, and led a wing of Spitfires during the Battle of Britain.
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