A fighter pilot in a vastly outnumbered Royal Air Force — one of the “few” hailed by Churchill — he took to the skies to help stave off a Nazi land invasion of Britain.
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Paul Farnes, Last R.A.F. Ace of Battle of Britain, Dies at 101
He was one of the last of “The Few,” the Royal Air Force airmen who defended Britain against the powerful Luftwaffe.