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Wing Commander Brendan Eamonn Fergus Finucane, DSO, DFC & Two Bars (16 October 1920 – 15 July 1942), known as Paddy Finucane amongst his colleagues, was an Irish Second World War Royal Air Force (RAF) fighter pilot and flying ace—defined as an aviator credited with five or more enemy aircraft destroyed in aerial combat.
- 1938–42
- Royal Air Force
15 de sept. de 2015 · Among them was Brendan Finucane from Dublin, also known as Spitfire Paddy. By the time of his death, he had become a hero across Britain and in Irish America.
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- Michael Cairns
28 de dic. de 2021 · Son of an Irish rebel, Brendan Finucane, more commonly known by his nickname “Spitfire Paddy,” was a legendary fighter pilot for the Royal Air Force who blasted his German opponents out of the...
- Frances Mulraney
23 de ene. de 2024 · The Shamrock Spitfire tells the story of 21-year-old Brendan “Paddy” Finucane, the youngest Wing Commander in the history of the Royal Air Force. The film was shot in Worcestershire by ...
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9 de jul. de 2002 · By the time the much-decorated Dubliner, Brendan Finucane, was shot down by German gunfire in 1942, he was already the RAF's youngest Wing Commander - yet little is known in his homeland about...
With eventual RAF victory in the Battle of Britain and the threat of a Nazi invasion of England receding, it was not until January 1941 that Brendan Finucane or ‘Paddy’ as he was now better known achieved another aerial victory over the enemy.
20 de mar. de 2024 · Despite being officially neutral in the war, Ireland made a number of contributions to the war. One of the more notable examples of this is Brendan “Paddy” Finucane, who was one of the most feared pilots of World War 2, subject of the new film Shamrock Spitfire.
