The last surviving Battle of Britain pilot, John 'Paddy' Hemingway, died yesterday at the age of 105. 'The Few', who defended British skies during the summer of 1940 helped change the course of history and must never be forgotten. 'The gratitude of every home in our island, in our Empire, and indeed throughout the world, except in the abodes of the guilty, goes out to the British airmen who, undaunted by odds, unwearied in their constant challenge and mortal danger, are turning the tide of the world war by their prowess and by their devotion. Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few' - Winston Churchill, 20th August 1940.
