The Battle of Britain’s forgotten hero

  • 15 September, 2020
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Released on YouTube on 15 September 2020.

Flying Officer Percy Burton

On the 80th anniversary of Battle of Britain Day, Lord Ashcroft asks whether an RAF pilot was denied a posthumous VC because he RAMMED his German rival.

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