Douglas Bader

Sir Douglas Robert Steuart Bader (February 21 1910 (St John's Wood, London) - September 5 1982), was a successful fighter pilot in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. Bader is upheld as an inspirational leader and hero of the era, not least because he fought in spite of having both legs amputated.

References

• Medic's account of meeting Bader in 1942.
• Dedicated page at St Edward's School
• "Reach for the Sky: The Story of Douglas Bader DSO, DFC"; Brickhill, Paul. Odhams Press Ltd (1954);ISBN:(of a later edition)1557502226
• Register of Births, St Marylebone, sub-district of St John, London. Birth No. 44
• The Douglas Bader pub at Martlesham Heath, Suffolk, England