Adrian "Warby" Warburton, was a Royal Air Force pilot and flying ace of the Second World War. He became legendary in the RAF for his role in the defence of Malta and was described by the then Air Offi
Flying Officer Adrian Warburton about to enter the cockpit of a Martin Maryland
Warburton during his time as commander of No. 683 Squadron
The grave of Wing Commander Adrian Warburton at Durnbach War Cemetery [de; nl] in Gmund am Tegernsee, Germany. (The QR code refers to this Wikipedia article.)
Group Captain Sir Douglas Robert Steuart Bader was a Royal Air Force flying ace during the Second World War, who achieved great success despite loss of the lower part of both his legs after a 1931 air
Adrian Warburton
…on board a submarine in Grand Harbour, Valletta, Malta. Warburton attended St Edward's School in Oxford, where two other famous airmen, Guy Gibson and Douglas Bader, were also educated. On leaving school, he became an articled clerk with a firm of accountants in Cheapside, London. He joined a local Territorial Army…
Bader, Flt Lt Harry Day and Fg Off Geoffrey Stephenson during training for the 1932 Hendon airshow, with a Gloster Gamecock
Squadron Leader D R S Bader, DSO, DFC. (1940) by Eric Kennington,(Art.IWM ART LD 832)
Bader, commanding officer of No. 242 Squadron, sitting on his Hurricane at Duxford during the Battle of Britain in September 1940