THE RAF Museum is calling on Sun readers to help raise £185,000 to save a Victoria Cross awarded for one of World War Two’s bravest acts. Hero pilot Arthur Scarf, 28, single-handedly attacked an en…
THE RAF Museum is calling on Sun readers to help raise £185,000 to save a Victoria Cross awarded for one of World War Two’s bravest acts.in 1941 after every other plane in his squadron was destroyed.
Japanese aircraft strafed the Squadron Leader’s Bristol Blenheim bomber with machine gun fire as he returned to base. Bullets slammed into his back and arms leaving him so badly injured that his two crewmates had to hold him up as he crash-landed safely in a paddy field. His pregnant wife Sally, a nurse at the base, donated two pints of blood as medics were forced to amputate his arm.READ MORE ABOUT WW2
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