The Official Tribute Thread

[Jerry]

RIP a hero

 

[TheLocalYokel]

RIP a hero

Yes, a real hero. The word is so often belittled these days with the likes of sports people being called heroes for winning important matches or medals.

The country has so much for which to thank Geoffrey Wellum and his colleagues. The debt can never be repaid.

RIP with Honour, Sir!

 

[Ray Finkle]

Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few...

Rest In Peace Sir.

 

[Kevin Farnell]

Just for the record, his name was Geoffrey Wellum.
Likewise, I was also saddened to read of his passing. In recent years, his face became familiar from many documentaries about the Battle of Britain.
I'm sure it was in one of those documentaries, he explained that he set the trim on his Spitfire so that it didn't fly quite straight. Not enough to make it unstable, but enough that it wasn't going into the space that a pursuing fighters guns would be aiming.
We are foreverer indebted to yourself and the others of 'The Few'.

Blue Skies, Sqn Ldr Geoffrey Wellum!

Kevin

 

[rollo]

Hear hear Kevin thanks for the correction re my spelling those boys who became men overnight should never be forgotten .

 

[TheLocalYokel]

Yes, many thanks for the spelling correction and contents of your post.

 

[Kevin Farnell]

Mary Ellis R.I.P.

Mary Ellis who flew in WWII with the ATA delivering aircraft to the RAF, sadly passed away today aged 101.
A quite incredible lady, whose face had become familiar from many documentary programs.
She is a great example of the many unsung heroes of the war effort. Without the likes of her, the RAF would not have recieved the aircraft they needed.

BBC obituary -

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-43518517

Blue skies, Mary!

Kevin

 

[Jerry]

RIP Mary Ellis

 

[Ray Finkle]

Very sad to hear about the passing of Barry Chuckle, one half of the Chuckle Brothers

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-45074955

 

[Scottie Dog]

Yet again we have lost another of the golden "oldies".

 

[Jerry]

RIP Barry Chuckle

 

[Aviador]

Gene Wilder, the.original Willy Wonker has passed away.

 

[Ray Finkle]

Gene Wilder, the.original Willy Wonker has passed away.

I thought he passed away a couple of years ago?

 

[Scottie Dog]

29th August 2016.

 

[Aviador]

That is wierd. I received a news notification this morning saying he'd died. I didn't think any more of it and posted here.

 

[TheLocalYokel]

29th August 2016.

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000698/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm

 

[Ray Finkle]

Burt Reynolds has sadly passed away

Rest in peace 'Bandit'.

https://edition.cnn.com/2018/09/06/entertainment/burt-reynolds-has-died/index.html

 

[Jerry]

R.I.P

 

[Aviador]

I had a BBC notification again today about Burt Reynolds but I wanted to make sure he'd definitely hung his boots up before posting after last Monday's fiasco.

RIP Burt Reynolds.

 

[Scottie Dog]

Sad to see the passing of Chas Hodges - of Chas & Dave fame - at the age of 74.