I’m a lucky Irishman, says last surviving Battle of Britain veteran

Group Captain John ‘Paddy’ Hemingway. Picture: Family handout/PA

The last surviving member of “The Few” – the airmen who won the Battle of Britain – has praised the “true professionals” who helped the UK to prevail against Germany in 1940.

Group Captain John “Paddy” Hemingway is now 101 years old, and regards himself as “a lucky Irishman”, having survived multiple dog fights during the war.