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On 09/26/2017 at 15:36, Sir Creep said:

Navy veteran and  Pearl Harbor survivor Louis William Moran died in Billings, Montana on Sept. 20 at age 98.

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I thought there was only one of those cunts left, and not him.

 

 

 

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23 minutes ago, charon said:

I thought there was only one of those cunts left, and not him.

 

 

 

I think you're thinking of something else, some other subsection of vets.  I'm sure there are a handful of Pearl Harbor survivors left, in fact there was another the next day I didn't post (or did I?).
 

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27 minutes ago, YoungWillz said:

 

He was right next to Monty Hall on my stupidly long list, I think this is the first time I had to remove neighbours from it on the same day. #morePointlessstats

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David Patterson, one of the last living Navajo code talkers has died at 94 from pneumonia and complications from a fall.

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On 10.8.2017 at 22:02, Prophet said:

The oldest WW2 veteran is Gustav Gerneth from Havelberg.

Gustav Gerneth 112th birthday article:

http://www.spiegel.de/panorama/leute/112-jahre-aeltester-mann-deutschlands-feiert-geburtstag-a-1172991.html

 

"mentally fit, can calulate", knee hurts when he stands up.

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1 hour ago, gcreptile said:

Last Bletchley Park "Listener" Alison Robins, dead at 97:

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5008185/Last-Bletchley-Park-listener-dies.html

 

Though I still have other Bletchley girls in my longlist. But they might not have been the "listeners"

 

Are the surviving girls q/o material to DDP standards or just Deathrace fodder?

 

 

 

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35 minutes ago, maryportfuncity said:

 

Are the surviving girls q/o material to DDP standards or just Deathrace fodder?

 

 

 

I stumbled across this group through the Guardian, who is always eager to promote noteworthy women.

 

Here's a recent article on Lady Marion Body, most likely obitable:

http://www.newburytoday.co.uk/news/news/22527/stanford-dingley-village-hall-open-for-all.html

 

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Here's the Guardian article:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/jan/29/the-bletchley-girls-tessa-dunlop-the-debs-of-bletchley-park-michael-smith-review

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20 hours ago, gcreptile said:

I stumbled across this group through the Guardian, who is always eager to promote noteworthy women.

 

Here's a recent article on Lady Marion Body, most likely obitable:

http://www.newburytoday.co.uk/news/news/22527/stanford-dingley-village-hall-open-for-all.html

 

Edit:

Here's the Guardian article:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/jan/29/the-bletchley-girls-tessa-dunlop-the-debs-of-bletchley-park-michael-smith-review

 

Lady Marion

 

Had forgotten the first bit; cheers (adds another name to very long long list)

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Franciszek Kornicki, a Polish fighter pilot who served in both the Polish Air Force and later the Royal Air Force, has died aged 100. He was the last surviving Polish Fighter Squadron Commander from WWII, and his story received considerable coverage in the UK from The Telegraph, The Daily Mail and The Daily Express. One of the many Poles who fought valiantly - RIP.  

 

Edit: The Telegraph obituary.

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31 minutes ago, Thatcher said:

Franciszek Kornicki, a Polish fighter pilot who served in both the Polish Air Force and later the Royal Air Force, has died aged 100. He was the last surviving Polish Fighter Squadron Commander from WWII, and his story received considerable coverage in the UK from The Telegraph, The Daily Mail and The Daily Express. One of the many Poles who fought valiantly - RIP.  

I think he was mentioned on here not too long ago.

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On ‎9‎/‎23‎/‎2017 at 09:54, maryportfuncity said:

Modest "Frank" Kornicki outed as - maybe - the best Spitfire pilot of all. 

 

Also alive, 100 years old and resident in a care home. Therefore a kill we could claim one day, or summat

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/09/21/polish-war-hero-leads-way-raf-campaign-find-best-spitfire-pilot/

 

 

Indeed.

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He could also have been mentioned on the famous centenarian thread !

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Almost posted in Pilots thread, but I guess it goes here.
 

Earl Keegan went on to serve in two more wars, lead Naval Air Station Oceana's first jet squadron and work in federal aviation safety. Along the way he became a father of four and and earned two distinguished flying crosses and five air medals.

Keegan, a tough guy with a sentimental soul and a love of scotch, died Nov. 15 of congestive heart failure. He was 94. 

RIP.
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Watching the BBC documentary about Queenie and Philip's 70th wedding anniversary. Interview in it with the 97 year old Commodore Keith Evans. Served on the Hood, various war service, but also confidante in the 30s/40s to Philip, and apparently one of the only people to know he planned to ask (not yet Queenie) Libby to marry him ahead of time. Lucid speaker and looks good for his advanced age, but a cert Telegraph obit when he goes.

 

Pic with his old buddy from earlier this year.

 

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Lewis Golden, Arnhem, Sicily & North Africa campaigns, awarded OBE for services to the London Library. his most lasting legacy - he founded Everest Double Glazing.

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(Link is Times paywalled-obituary - Fuller local rag obit. here.)

 

He also founded Everest Double Glazing.

 

 

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On ‎11‎/‎17‎/‎2017 at 22:41, Thatcher said:

Franciszek Kornicki, a Polish fighter pilot who served in both the Polish Air Force and later the Royal Air Force, has died aged 100. He was the last surviving Polish Fighter Squadron Commander from WWII, and his story received considerable coverage in the UK from The Telegraph, The Daily Mail and The Daily Express. One of the many Poles who fought valiantly - RIP.  

 

Edit: The Telegraph obituary.

Missus is dead: http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/219319/kornicki

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On 10/20/2016 at 13:26, gcreptile said:

George Boyd Willie Sr., who passed away Tuesday at the age of 92 in his home in Leupp after a long illness, really took to heart his oath to keep the fact he was a Navajo Code Talker a secret.

According to family members, he didn’t tell them he was a Code Talker until 1997, more than 25 years after the federal government officially informed the world of their existence.
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The last known Fuzzy Wuzzy Angel, Havala Laula, dead at 91:

 

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/last-known-fuzzy-wuzzy-angel-havala-laula-dead-at-age-92/news-story/a00f66a916ead07bf38f96d81d003abf

 

The Fuzzy Wuzzy Angels were Papua Neu Guinean indigenous people who helped Australia defend against Japan.

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