W.G. Foxley

Born: 1923-08-17

Bill Foxley was a trainee navigator with RAF Bomber Command during World War II, who survived a 1944 bomber crash in which he was severely burned trying to save a comrade; he lost his fingers, his right eye, and underwent some 40 surgeries. Foxley went on to become a Squadron Leader after the war, and is notable for appearing in the movie Battle Of Britain (1969), as a very rare example of a burn victim appearing on screen.


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Battle of Britain

as Squadron Leader Evans
Released: 1969-09-15

In 1940, the Royal Air Force fights a desperate battle against the might of the Luftwaffe for...

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