Douglas Bader

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Royal Air Force officer World War II veteran flying ace human

Douglas Bader was a renowned British Royal Air Force flying ace of the Second World War who became famous for his combat achievements despite losing both legs in a pre-war flying accident.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Douglas "Tin Legs" Bader	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Royal Air Force officer ⓘ World War II veteran ⓘ flying ace ⓘ human ⓘ
allegiance	United Kingdom ⓘ
awardReceived	Croix de Guerre ⓘ Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar ⓘ surface form: Distinguished Flying Cross Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar ⓘ Distinguished Service Order ⓘ Distinguished Service Order ⓘ surface form: Distinguished Service Order and Bar Knight Bachelor ⓘ Légion d'honneur ⓘ surface form: Legion of Honour
burialPlace	Golders Green Crematorium ⓘ surface form: Golders Green Crematorium, London
causeOfDeath	heart attack ⓘ
causeOfDisability	flying accident ⓘ
conflict	Battle of Britain ⓘ World War II ⓘ surface form: Second World War
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1910-02-21 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1982-09-05 ⓘ
educatedAt	St Edward’s School, Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ
employer	Royal Dutch Shell ⓘ surface form: Shell-Mex and BP
familyName	Bader ⓘ
fullName	Douglas Robert Steuart Bader ⓘ
givenName	Douglas ⓘ
hasDisability	bilateral leg amputation ⓘ
hasMilitaryVictories	over 20 aerial victories ⓘ
honorificPrefix	Sir ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ
militaryBranch	Royal Air Force ⓘ
militaryRank	Group Captain ⓘ
nationality	British ⓘ
nickname	Douglas Bader self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Douglas "Tin Legs" Bader
notableFor	combat achievements despite losing both legs ⓘ
notableWork	Reach for the Sky ⓘ
numberOfLegsLost	2 ⓘ
occupation	author ⓘ military aviator ⓘ
placeOfBirth	St John’s Wood, London, England ⓘ
placeOfDeath	London, England ⓘ
placeOfDetention	Colditz ⓘ surface form: Colditz Castle
serviceNumber	26151 ⓘ
shotDownDate	1941-08-09 ⓘ
shotDownOver	France ⓘ
spouse	Joan Murray ⓘ Thelma Edwards ⓘ
subjectOf	film Reach for the Sky ⓘ
wasPrisonerOfWar	true ⓘ

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Bader → hasNotableBearer → Douglas Bader ⓘ

Douglas Bader → nickname → Douglas Bader self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Douglas "Tin Legs" Bader