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British Sergeant John Hannah,...

history · 15 September 1940 · 84 years ago

British Sergeant John Hannah, age 18, of RAF Scampton (today home to the Red Arrows display team) won the Victoria Cross for beating out flames with his bare hands to save his damaged Hampden bomber. 

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