Like the Spitfire it was immensely strong: a pilot had no need to fear the danger of pulling the wings off, no matter how desperate the situation became.
Douglas Bader Quotes
We were all flying around up and down the coast near Dunkirk looking for enemy aircraft which seemed also to be milling around with no particular cohesion.
Similar Quotes
Cricket is the greatest game that the wit of man has yet devised.
- Sir Pelham WarnerAdvertising is selling Twinkies to adults.
- Donald R. VanceThe struggle of the male to learn to listen to and respect his own intuitive, inner prompt...
- Herb GoldbergEach generation of the church in each setting has the responsibility of communicating the ...
- Francis SchaefferEach had defended his own country; the Germans Germany, the Frenchmen France; they had don...
- Ernst TollerComments on: "Douglas Bader Quotes: We were all flying around up and down the coast near Dunkirk looking..."
Douglas Bader (6)
Birth: | 21st February, 1910 |
Death: | 5th September, 1982 |
Nationality: | British |
Profession: | Pilot |
About
Sir Douglas Robert Steuart Bader was born in St John's Wood, London. He was an English pilot. He was a Royal Air Force flying ace during the Second World War. He was credited with 20 aerial victories, four shared victories, six probables, one shared probable and 11 enemy aircraft damaged.
Related Authors
Advertisement
Today's Anniversary - 28th April
Births
- 1948 - Terry Prachett
- 1798 - Duncan Forbes
- 1949 - Thomas Jeffery Cole
- 1928 - Yves Klein
- 1948 - Terry Pratchett
Deaths
- 2002 - Lou Thesz
- 1978 - Mohammed Daud Khan
- 1984 - Sylvia Ashton Warner
- 1813 - Mikhail Kutuzov
- 1923 - Knute Nelson
Quote of the day
Popular Topics
Love Quotes
Baby Quotes
Beauty Quotes
Break Up Quotes
Children Quotes
Confidence Quotes
Experience Quotes
Failure Quotes
Fate Quotes
Future Quotes
Gift Quotes
Grief Quotes
Job Quotes
Mistake Quotes
Past Quotes
Sad Quotes
Society Quotes
Wise Quotes
Funny Quotes
Spirituality Quotes
Commitment Quotes
Decisions Quotes
History Quotes
Appreciation Quotes
Democracy Quotes
Ideals Quotes
Knowledge Quotes
Progress Quotes
Suffering Quotes
T-shirt Quotes
About Quoteswave
Quoteswave have collection of famous quotes and sayings by popular authors. We have biggest database of famous proverbs and quotes with images. We have categorized all quotes with different topics and tags like love quotes, inspirational, motivational, life, friendship, success, smile, achievement and belief quotes. Everyone love good meaningful quotes so share famous picture quotes with your friends and loved one.
Our mission is to motivate, boost self confiedence and inspire people to Love life, live life and surf life with words.
Our mission is to motivate, boost self confiedence and inspire people to Love life, live life and surf life with words.
X
Share with your friends