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Wing Commander Brendan Eamonn Fergus Finucane, DSO, DFC & Two Bars (16 October 1920 – 15 July 1942), known as Paddy Finucane amongst his colleagues, was an Irish Second World War Royal Air Force (RAF) fighter pilot and flying ace —defined as an aviator credited with five or more enemy aircraft destroyed in aerial combat .
15 de sept. de 2015 · Brendan Finucane, also known as Spitfire Paddy, was a Dubliner who volunteered to join the RAF and became the youngest wing commander in the Battle of Britain. He shot down several German fighters, including Adolph Galland, and was a hero in Britain and Irish America.
28 de dic. de 2021 · Brendan Finucane, also known as Spitfire Paddy, was a legendary fighter pilot for the Royal Air Force who shot down many German planes in the Battle of Britain. He was the youngest Wing Commander and had the luck of the Irish, but his story was forgotten in Ireland for decades.
23 de ene. de 2024 · The Shamrock Spitfire tells the story of 21-year-old Brendan “Paddy” Finucane, the youngest Wing Commander in the history of the Royal Air Force. The film was shot in Worcestershire by ...
In his short life, Wing Commander Brendan Finucane DSO, DFC & 2 Bars, proved himself to be a remarkable young man who achieved incredible things, and though there are some arguments regarding the true number of enemy aircraft he destroyed, which number at around thirty, his sacrifice for our freedom makes him someone Great Britain should be ...
9 de jul. de 2002 · Tue Jul 9 2002 - 01:00. By the time the much-decorated Dubliner, Brendan Finucane, was shot down by German gunfire in 1942, he was already the RAF's youngest Wing Commander - yet little is known...
22 de jul. de 2012 · Brendan Finucane, also known as Paddy, was a Dublin-born RAF fighter pilot who shot down 32 enemy planes in the Second World War. He died in 1942 at age 21, leaving behind a legacy of heroism and a shamrock-painted Spitfire.
