Spitfire Mk IIa, Wg Cdr Douglas Bader, Tangmere Wing, Royal Air Force, 1941

Group Captain Sir Douglas Robert Steuart Bader CBE, DSO & Bar, DFC & Bar, FRAeS, DL (21 February 1910 – 5 September 1982) was credited with 20 aerial victories, 4 shared victories, 6 probables, one shared probable and 11 enemy aircraft damaged. In 1931, Bader had lost both his legs in a flying accident but fought his way back to active service to become of of the RAF's leading aces of the war.