December 10, 201213 yr What a character, obtuse,belligerent, eccentric...and those were just his good bits. One of the few people who've met Neil Armstrong,Yuri Gagarin, Albert Einstein and Orville Wright. He will stick in my mind for his RAF service, the only survivor of his crashed Lanc (?) . He had a pathological hatred of the Nazis, so he was alright by me.
December 10, 201213 yr He had a pathological hatred of the Nazis, so he was alright by me. For Nazis, read ALL Germans. This was because his fiancee was killed during a bombing raid. As far as he was concerned she was "the one" and he remained a bachelor for the rest of his life.
December 11, 201213 yr Author Correctamundo Andy, she was a nurse and her ambulance took a direct hit in an air raid...as for him, I think the Lanc? crash smashed his face in and he suffered all his life from the experimental attempts at dental reconstruction. I don't begrudge the guy his views on the Nazis (I can only attempt to imagine what Patrick and his like had to go through), I just reckon he needed to give the next generation of Germans a break...easy for me to say.
December 16, 201213 yr http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2248952/Queen-guitarist-Brian-May-bought-Sir-Patrick-Moores-house-2008-ensure-astronomer-live-final-years.html
December 16, 201213 yr Author Name dropper time: I now totally forgive Brian May for swearing at me and blaming me because his books fell from his airport trolley...I never touched them your honour.
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