Surviving total of Battle of Britain veterans increases from eight to nine | Daily Mail Online Battle of Britain hero Mr Hemingway (pictured in his younger days) who was presumed dead is in fact alive and well Not so Few: Total of surviving Battle of Britain veterans increases from eight to nine after family point out that hero pilot, 98, is still alive John Hemingway, from Dublin, is one of the last nine surviving fighter pilots who saved Britain from a Nazi invasion He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for bravery and shot down four times in the Second World War The war hero had been thought to be missing and presumed dead based on the official roll of honour naming the airmen that are still alive A Battle of Britain hero who was presumed dead is in fact alive and well, after his family pointed out that he is enjoying a quiet retirement in his native Ireland. John Hemingway, 98, who was born in Dublin, is one of the last nine surviving fighter pilots who saved Britain from a Nazi invasion. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for bravery and shot down four times in the Second World War. However for many years the war hero had been thought to be missing and presumed dead based on the official roll of honour naming the airmen that are still alive. It was only until a member of Mr Hemingway's family got in touch with the Battle of Britain Fighter Association to point out the oversight, that their information was amended. This now means that there are now nine Battle of Britain heroes living in Britain as opposed to eight as what was previously believed. These nine men are the only survivors of around 3,000 British and allied pilots whose heroic defence of Britain was described by then Prime Minister Winston Churchill as: 'Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so Few.' ...
Diane Would the total of 9 include Mr. John Hart, a Canadian who flew with the RAF? He will be 102 this coming September.
