deaths
March 17, 2025
John Hemingway, Irish fighter pilot (born 1919)
John Hemingway (RAF officer)
Group Captain John Allman Hemingway, DFC, AE, known as Paddy Hemingway, was an Irish fighter pilot who served in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War in the Battle of Dunkirk, the Battle of Britain, the Allied invasion of Italy and the Invasion of Normandy. He was shot down four times during the war. Hemingway was the last surviving airman of the Battle of Britain.
March 17
March 17 is the 76th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 289 days remain until the end of the year.