John Hemingway obituary

Irish RAF fighter pilot in the second world war and one of‘the Few’, who later became a wing commanderHis father Basil had thought that his only son might become a doctor, but then his son disliked the sight of blood. So when Gp Cpt John (“Paddy”) Hemingway died at the age of 105, it was instead as the last surviving pilot – and the last surviving Dubliner – to have flown in the Battle of Britain, 85 years ago.He was shot down twice during the battle, and twic