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Douglas Bader
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British World flying ace (1910-1982)
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Douglas Robert Bader was a British military personnel and aircraft pilot who served in the Royal Air Force. He attained the rank of group captain and participated in World War II. His military service was recognized with several awards, including the Distinguished Service Order, the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Commander of the Order of the British Empire, and Knight Bachelor.
In addition to his military career, Bader was a cricketer who played as a fly-half for Harlequin F.C. He was educated at St Edward's School and the Royal Air Force College Cranwell. His professional work began in 1928. Bader was born in London in 1910 and died in Chiswick in 1982 due to a myocardial infarction.
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Sports profile
- Sport
- Cricket
- Position
- Cricketer
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Bader
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- London
- Place of death
- Chiswick
- Occupation
- cricketer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Sport
- Cricket
- Member of team
- Harlequin F.C.
- Position played
- fly-half
- Conflict
- World War II
- Military branch
- Royal Air Force
- Military rank
- group captain
- Image
- Douglas-Bader-on-wingLG.jpg
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- Commons category
- Douglas Bader
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- date of birth
- 1910-02-21
- date of death
- 1982-09-05
- manner of death
- natural causes
- place of detention
- Oflag IV-C
- start of work period
- 1928-00-00
- end of work period
- 1946-00-00
- place of burial
- St Clement Danes
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