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Veteran POW
Died in 2010
RAF airman who helped make passports for the ‘Great Escape’
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Actor and war hero
1919 - 2010
The first black actor to appear regularly on British television - who also fought discrimination and injustice
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Veteran and public servant
Died in 2009
D-Day airman, diplomat in independent Zambia and High Sheriff of Nottingham
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Veteran pilot
Died in 2009
Battle of Britain pilot
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Veteran pilot
Died in 2009
Squadron Leader who flew from early aircraft carriers and on Dunkirk patrols
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Veteran airman
Died in 2009
Heroic gunner who saved the lives of his crew despite horrific injuries
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Airman
Died in 2009
RAF weapons officer killed when Tornado fighter crashed in Argyll countryside
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Airman
Died in 2009
RAF pilot killed when Tornado fighter crashed in Argyll countryside
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Veteran and public servant
Died in 2009
RAF hero who became High Sheriff of Leicestershire
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Politician and veteran
1916 - 2009
RAF bomber pilot who was the last surviving MP from the Second World War
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