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Reach For The Sky.
Tjust watched this movie, it is the true story of airman Douglas Bader who overcame the loss of both legs in a 1931 flying accident to become a successful fighter pilot and wing leader during World War II.
Paul Brickhill wrote the biography of Douglas bader in 1954 and it was made into the movie shortly after. With great flying scenes, it is one of the few movies to actually feature the Hurricane as well as the more famous spitfire.
It is also the inspiring story of a man, battling back from tremdous adversity to achieve his dreams. Well recommended and acted. Kenneth Moore doses a great job and I will be watching it again.
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I read that story when I was a kid, about 1965 or so. I have had the book for years. The tribulations he had and the narrow escapes that were attributed to the tin legs were facinating.
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I don't know where my copy of that book disappeared to. I must get another someday!
So I can't spell, so what!!!
Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.
Those who beat their swords into ploughshares, will plough for those who don't!
Be polite. Be professional. But, have a plan to kill everyone you meet.
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I read the book thirty years ago and got to see his medals when I was at RAF Hendon ten years ago. He was knighted for his post-war service to amputees.
The DVD is out of print but you can download the film for a week from Amazon.
Bob
"It is said, 'Go not to the elves for counsel for they will say both no and yes.' "
Frodo Baggins to Gildor Inglorion, The Fellowship of the Ring
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