112-year-old ‘takes life slowly’

EUROPE’s oldest man, World War I veteran Henry Allingham, marked his 112th birthday yesterday by enjoying a flypast of fighter aircraft from the Battle of Britain.

The Briton — who attributes his longevity to “cigarettes, whisky, and wild, wild women” — watched as a Lancaster bomber flanked by two Spitfires roared over an RAF base in Lincolnshire.

Born in 1896, Allingham saw active service in the Battle of Jutland in WWI and was one of the first members of the RAF.