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Second World War tweets from 1943
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I livetweet the Second World War as it happened on this date in 1943 & for 3 years to come (2nd time around). Created by Alwyn Collinson, realtimewwii@gmail.com

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    Second World War tweets from 1943‏ @RealTimeWWII 21 Aug 2019

    Legless, famous Royal Air Force fighter pilot Douglas Bader has been shot down by the Germans over France. He parachuted to safety- leaving his prosthetic legs trapped in the burning plane.pic.twitter.com/JjrNW5DQc3

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    12:59 PM - 21 Aug 2019
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    • Walter Corpus Wim Meijer @ this point w/diff does it make? Adam Welsh Sean Krille 🏳️‍🌈 Elaine Archer Thomas Smith Martin Winter
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      2. Second World War tweets from 1943‏ @RealTimeWWII 21 Aug 2019

        Luftwaffe fighter ace Adolf Galland (second from left), twice shot down in aerial combat by Douglas Bader, meets his RAF rival- they're chatting like old friends.pic.twitter.com/Emg9xEOIGW

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      3. Second World War tweets from 1943‏ @RealTimeWWII 21 Aug 2019

        Bader requests one test flight in a German Messerschmidt, to see if it's as good as a British fighter; Galland refuses: "You'd escape- & now that we've met, I don't want to have to shoot at you again."

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      4. Second World War tweets from 1943‏ @RealTimeWWII 21 Aug 2019

        Douglas Bader has asked his German captors to air-drop a message over the UK: "Tell my boys & wife I'm fine, & get me my spare legs, & a new pipe."

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      5. Second World War tweets from 1943‏ @RealTimeWWII 23 Aug 2019

        Royal Air Force have parachuted a spare pair of artificial legs for captured pilot Douglas Bader. RAF refused a German offer to let a British plane land on Luftwaffe airfield & deliver the legs- dropped them during a bombing run.

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      1. Retired Hulkamaniac‏ @WholesalerCynic 21 Aug 2019
        Replying to @RealTimeWWII

        Brave guy and an amazing force of personality but his whole “Big Wing” theory was asinine.

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      1. MacRuairidh‏ @macrurdn 21 Aug 2019
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        even later tried to escape.

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      1. I-Po74  💙‏ @IPo74 21 Aug 2019
        Replying to @RealTimeWWII

        It's no wonder he crashed his plane if he was pissed.

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      2. HokieDokie‏ @HDokie 21 Aug 2019
        Replying to @RealTimeWWII @galooticus

        I guess that must have been the shortest leg of the trip.

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      3. Lucas‏ @lucimon97 21 Aug 2019
        Replying to @HDokie @RealTimeWWII @galooticus

        How dare you

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      1. mrs. boris badenov‏ @F_mom1979 21 Aug 2019
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        Amazing story.

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