Fighting Airmen of Two World Wars—Part 4 of 4: British and Allied Airmen, Senior Citizens

Part 4 looks at two who were the oldest aircrew of WWII, having also seen aerial action in WWI. It seems that the British were less strict about age if you had the right connections! William Wedgewood Benn was born in 1877; he served in WWi. He served again with the RAF in WWII, in the rank of air commodore and was head of RAF public relations from 1942–43. Around that time, at the age of about 65, he flew on several bomber operations as an air gunner. He was secretary of state for air in the Attlee administration from 1945–46. He died in 1958.

It just goes to show "the fight never leaves you, only you leave the fight". Hmm, I may have to trademark that. LOL

Thanks for sharing this!