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The past surviving Battle of Britain pilot, John 'Paddy' Hemingway, has died astatine the property of 105.
Mr Hemingway, who is primitively from Dublin, joined the Royal Air Force arsenic a teen earlier World War Two.
At 21, helium was a combatant aviator successful the Battle of Britain, a three-month play erstwhile aerial unit force defended the skies against a large-scale battle by the German aerial force, the Luftwaffe.
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has paid tribute to Mr Hemingway, saying that his courageousness and those of each RAF pilots "helped extremity WWII and unafraid our freedom".
In a statement, the Royal Air Force said that Mr Hemingway "passed distant peacefully" connected Monday.
His passing marks "the extremity of an epoch and a poignant reminder of the sacrifices made by those who fought for state during World War II", they added.
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