| "> | | | | crashed in 1931. The wing clipped the ground as the |
| Heroism comes in many different shapes and sizes, | | | | young daring Douglas was doing a low level roll, prior to |
| even though for some people feel the term has been | | | | landing. |
| long overexposed. However, there are a group of | | | | Douglas refused to give up. He insisted on being given |
| people who, for whatever reason, become an | | | | aluminum alloy artificial legs, (prosthese) and promptly |
| inspiration to others. People who simply refuse to quit, | | | | learned to drive a car, play tennis and golf and fly a |
| no matter how tough things get. People who are the | | | | plane, in spite of being legless. He was discharged |
| eternal optimist. People who simply wonât take | | | | from the RAF on medical grounds. Douglas was, |
| no as an answer. | | | | however, permitted to rejoin the RAF, after a seven |
| Twenty-one year old Douglas Bader's legs were | | | | year gap, as pilots were in desperate demand. |
| amputated after he was injured, when his RAF plane | | | | |