Battle of Britain ace Paul Farnes: “I didn’t think we were going to lose, it never occurred to us” | All About History Paul is the last Battle of Britain ace now that Tom Neil is no longer with us. He turned 100 today!
Thanks for posting. I love his quote: I think we felt we were as good or better than the Germans (Luftwaffe) and we were just happy to have a scrap with them.
Very sad. Just the two Battle of Britain pilots left now. Paul was also a Battle of France veteran, which just leaves John Hemingway left now as far as i'm aware.
The last surviving Battle of Britain ace pilot from World War Two has died aged 101. Wing Cdr Paul Farnes was among the 3,000 airmen - The Few - who defended Britain's skies in 1940. Battle of Britain ace fighter pilot dies aged 101