written in our Audience Book at Colindale Barnet Folk Club, July 2024

”The story of Leefe Robinson VC, war hero who died at Stanmore, NW London”

He was the first British pilot to shoot down a German airship over UK in WW2, then was the first person to be awarded the Victoria Cross for action in UK. More info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leefe_Robinson

 

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Photograph of Lieutenant Leefe Robinson VC. Robinson died on 31 December 1918.
Date Originally uploaded to en:wiki 09:43, 29 February 2008 (UTC) by Snapper five (talkcontribs).
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Author The photograph was taken from the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography and the source is attributed as the RAF Museum, hence copyright for the publication is from the date it was taken. As this photograph is more than 50 years old it is now in the public domain.