Maurice Mounsdon Death, one of the last surviving pilots who fought in the Battle of Britain during World War Two has died aged 101.
YaahooJournalist reports that late Maurice Mounsdon, a Flight Lieutenant, was one of only four remaining members of The Few – a group of 3,000 airmen who defended the skies above southern England from the Nazis in 1940.
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Mounsdon died on Friday, December 6, his nephew Adrian Mounsdon revealed.
“He was a great man and will be missed by his nephews and nieces,” he told the Daily Mirror.
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Air Chief Marshal Mike Wigston, the head of the RAF, said Mounsdon’s bravery should never be forgotten.
YaahooJournalist reports that Mounsdon was described by his nephew, Adrian Mounsdon, as a “great man” who would be missed by his family, the Daily Mirror reported.
ACM Wigston said he was “deeply saddened” by Mounsdon’s death, saying the veteran had “fought for and won our freedom”.
“His was a remarkable story, which will continue to inspire this and future generations of the Royal Air Force, his bravery and sacrifice should never be forgotten,” he added.
YaahooJournalist understands that the Battle of Britain led to the deaths of 544 RAF pilots and aircrew.
The bravery and sacrifice they showed in withstanding the greater numbers of German pilots of the Luftwaffe and a possible invasion was recognised by then Prime Minister Winston Churchill.
“Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few,” he told MPs.
Churchill’s “Few”, as RAF crew, who included Polish, Canadian and New Zealand pilots among others, became known, have been celebrated ever since.
