The plane enthusiasts thread

[ebikeerwidnes]

More on Bader

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.da...itain-poster-boy-kept-flying-losing-legs.html

My Dad was injured in the war (RAF Ground Crew) and had serious spinal injures
didn;t leave hospital until 1947

Hence he knew quite a few badly injured ex RAF and other military people

a fair number of them were c**** - although that was never the word my Dad would have used

one lived near us and was rather well known - I won;t say more as it might identify him
my Dad told me that he would always seem a very pleasent person if he thought you could be helpful to him or if he needed you to create a good image to others
other than that he treated people as garbage and was generally a very nasty person

in some cases that was simply how they dealt with the trauma of their injuries and the resultant changes to their life

in some cases they were just generally nasty people and their injuries gave them an excuse


apparently the officers were the worst

and I did hear that Bader was one of those

 

[raleighnut]

My Dad was injured in the war (RAF Ground Crew) and had serious spinal injures
didn;t leave hospital until 1947

Hence he knew quite a few badly injured ex RAF and other military people

a fair number of them were c**** - although that was never the word my Dad would have used

one lived near us and was rather well known - I won;t say more as it might identify him
my Dad told me that he would always seem a very pleasent person if he thought you could be helpful to him or if he needed you to create a good image to others
other than that he treated people as garbage and was generally a very nasty person

in some cases that was simply how they dealt with the trauma of their injuries and the resultant changes to their life

in some cases they were just generally nasty people and their injuries gave them an excuse


apparently the officers were the worst

and I did hear that Bader was one of those

Bader was selfish and arrogant before his accident, rugger playing team mates reckoned he was very selfish with the ball. Thing was he was very driven to be the best he could be.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

one lived near us and was rather well known - I won;t say more as it might identify him

Most of them will be long dead, so what harm it do naming him now?

 

[gbb]

My Dad was injured in the war (RAF Ground Crew) and had serious spinal injures
didn;t leave hospital until 1947

Hence he knew quite a few badly injured ex RAF and other military people

a fair number of them were c**** - although that was never the word my Dad would have used

one lived near us and was rather well known - I won;t say more as it might identify him
my Dad told me that he would always seem a very pleasent person if he thought you could be helpful to him or if he needed you to create a good image to others
other than that he treated people as garbage and was generally a very nasty person

in some cases that was simply how they dealt with the trauma of their injuries and the resultant changes to their life

in some cases they were just generally nasty people and their injuries gave them an excuse


apparently the officers were the worst

and I did hear that Bader was one of those

While there's a'holes in every sector of society, you wonder if the stress and strain of war made people worse than they might have been otherwise.
Probably told this before but late 70s I worked with a former Lancaster tail gunner...the most taciturn, morose, miserable git I ever met...and an alcoholic to boot.
I actually liked him, you just needed time with him to even begin to understand what these guys had been through...although perhaps he only liked me because I'd get him a 4 pack of beers while I was out in the van