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On parade...the greatest British heroes
Daily Express
|May 29, 2024
THIRTEEN veterans with a combined age of 1,286 come together at RAF Biggin Hill with the incredible Dorothea Barron getting into a Spitfire cockpit at age 99.
The Women's Royal Naval Service signaller who wore a uniform and helmet for the occasion - admitted she lied about her height so she could join in 1943.
She said: "I was supposed to be 5ft 3in, there is no way I was. I think they took pity on me, 'Poor thing, she's so keen to come, we will let her in".
This story is from the May 29, 2024 edition of Daily Express.
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