12, he scrambled repeatedly in his single-seat Hawker Hurricane as the Luftwaffe began striking RAF airfields and radar stations ... became known as the Battle of Britain. He died March 17 ...

Last Surviving Pilot From the Battle of Britain, John 'Paddy' Hemingway, Dies at Age 105 LONDON (AP) — The last surviving pilot of the Battle of Britain has died, severing the last living link ...