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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" recalls the moment he was nearly shot down and his aircraft covered in bullets. Again, he shot down one and possibly two enemy fighters within...
28 de dic. de 2021 · Son of an Irish rebel, Brendan Finucane, more commonly known by his nickname “Spitfire Paddy,” was a legendary fighter pilot for the Royal Air Force who blasted his German opponents out of the...
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, who was soon given the epithet Paddy and had a shamrock painted on his Spitfire, joined the Royal Air Force in May, 1938. He claimed his first victory in the Battle of Britain...
