Douglas Bader - Sweat Shirt Thunderbolt 493FS A true multi-role combat aircraft

A true multi-role combat aircraft

performing many roles as a nuclear strike aircraft

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Production continued with Boeing Defence

Convair F-102 Delta Dagger

Douglas Bader - Sweat Shirt Thunderbolt 493FS A true multi-role combat aircraftGroup Captain Sir Douglas Robert Steuart Bader Bader joined the Royal Air Force in 1928 and was commissioned in 1930. In 1931 he lost both legs after crashing during aerobatics which resulted in his retirement. However, at the outbreak of war Bader was accepted as a pilot and fought over Dunkirk and throughout the Battle of Britain. This design celebrates Bader as a Fighter Ace with 22 destroyed to his name, but he was part of the RAF that was served