Douglas Robert Steuart Bader

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Royal Air Force officer World War II veteran flying ace human

Douglas Robert Steuart Bader was a renowned British Royal Air Force flying ace of the Second World War, famous for continuing to fly combat missions despite losing both legs in a pre-war flying accident.

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Label	Occurrences
Douglas Robert Steuart Bader canonical	2

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Royal Air Force officer ⓘ World War II veteran ⓘ flying ace ⓘ human ⓘ
allegiance	United Kingdom ⓘ
awardReceived	Commander of the Order of the British Empire ⓘ Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar ⓘ surface form: Distinguished Flying Cross Distinguished Flying Cross ⓘ surface form: Distinguished Flying Cross (United States) Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar ⓘ Distinguished Service Order ⓘ Distinguished Service Order ⓘ surface form: Distinguished Service Order and Bar Légion d'honneur ⓘ surface form: Legion of Honour
causeOfDeath	myocardial infarction ⓘ
causeOfInjury	aeroplane crash in 1931 ⓘ
conflict	Battle of Britain ⓘ World War II ⓘ surface form: Second World War
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom ⓘ United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1910-02-21 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1982-09-05 ⓘ
detainedBy	Nazi Germany ⓘ
educatedAt	St Edward's School, Oxford ⓘ
employer	Royal Air Force ⓘ
familyName	Bader ⓘ
fullName	Douglas Robert Steuart Bader self-link ⓘ
genre	aviation biography ⓘ
givenName	Douglas ⓘ
hasHonorificPrefix	Group Captain ⓘ
hasSpouse	Joan Murray ⓘ Thelma Edwards ⓘ
inspiredBy	Air warfare of World War I ⓘ surface form: First World War fighter aces
medicalCondition	bilateral leg amputation ⓘ
memberOf	No. 12 Group RAF ⓘ No. 222 Squadron RAF ⓘ No. 242 Squadron RAF ⓘ
militaryBranch	Royal Air Force ⓘ
militaryStatus	prisoner of war ⓘ
notableFor	continuing to fly combat missions after losing both legs ⓘ
notableWork	Reach for the Sky ⓘ
occupation	military officer ⓘ pilot ⓘ
placeOfBirth	London, England ⓘ surface form: London St John’s Wood ⓘ surface form: St John's Wood
placeOfDeath	London, England ⓘ surface form: London United Kingdom ⓘ
placeOfDetention	Colditz Castle ⓘ
rank	Group Captain ⓘ
residence	London, England ⓘ surface form: London United Kingdom ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
subjectOf	biography "Reach for the Sky" by Paul Brickhill ⓘ film Reach for the Sky ⓘ surface form: film "Reach for the Sky"

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Douglas Bader → fullName → Douglas Robert Steuart Bader ⓘ

Douglas Robert Steuart Bader → fullName → Douglas Robert Steuart Bader self-link ⓘ