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    Brendan Eamonn Fergus Finucane, DSO, DFC & Two Bars (/fɪˈnuːkən/ fin-OO-kən; 16 October 1920 – 15 July 1942), known as Paddy Finucane amongst his colleagues...
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    in the women's keirin. Finucane is a great niece of Irish Second World War RAF pilot Wing Commander Brendan 'Paddy' Finucane (1920–1942), who in June...
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  • to: Al Finucane (born 1943), Irish football player Anne Finucane, American banker Brendan Finucane (1920–1942), also known as Paddy Finucane, Second...
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  • Fame Paddy Finucane (1920–1942), Second World War flying ace with the Royal Air Force Paddy Fisher (born 1998), American football player Paddy George...
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  • Brendan "Paddy" Finucane, became an ace who would claim a total of 32 enemy aircraft before he was killed in 1942. The eldest of five children, Finucane grew...
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  • and lobbying entity Patrick Finucane (Irish politician) (1890–1984), Irish Clann na Talmhan TD for Kerry North Paddy Finucane, World War II hero killed...
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    Number 4, April 1985. Stokes, Doug. Paddy Finucane, Fighter Ace: A Biography of Wing Commander Brendan E. Finucane, D.S.O., D.F.C. and Two Bars. London:...
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    the Battle of Britain, as were the flight leaders: Flight Lieutenants Paddy Finucane, an Irish flying ace who had also flown in the Battle of Britain, and...
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    Clostermann served as a pilot officer in the squadron in 1943 and 1944. 'Paddy' Finucane on top of his Spitfire Mk Vb (BM124) LO-W, "QUEEN of SALOTE", while...
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  • Falk – test pilot on the maiden flight of the Avro Vulcan Brendan "Paddy" Finucane – top ranking RAF World War II ace with 32 kills. A native of Rathmines...
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    ISBN 978-1-898697-00-8. Stokes, Doug (1983). Paddy Finucane, Fighter Ace: A Biography of Wing Commander Brendan E. Finucane, D.S.O., D.F.C. and Two Bars. London:...
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    kills during the Battle David Moore Crook Alan Deere Harbourne Stephen Paddy Finucane Toni Glowacki, (Ace in a Day) A.G. "Sailor" Malan Albert Gerald Lewis...
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    architecture. Among his many published works include Wing Commander Paddy Finucane A Memoir (1942); A World of Horses (1950); Ghosts in American Houses...
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  • Elliott - Professional footballer Niall Brophy - athlete and rugby player Paddy Finucane – World War II top-scoring fighter pilot ace in the RAF Frank Flood...
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    Press. Stokes, Doug (1992) [1983]. Paddy Finucane, Fighter Ace: A Biography of Wing Commander Brendan E. Finucane, D.S.O., D.F.C. and Two Bars. Somerton...
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    John Finucane (born 1980) is an Irish Sinn Féin politician and solicitor. He has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Belfast North since the 2019 general...
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  • Major-General Beauchamp Doran Eric Dorman-Smith Major-General Lord Dugan Paddy Finucane Air Chief Marshal Sir Francis Fogarty Field Marshal Viscount Gough Rear-Admiral...
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    1971), footballer Paul Parker (b. 1964), footballer Military figures Paddy Finucane (1920–1942), RAF pilot during the Second World War Donald Edward Garland...
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  • April 1941 and whose most celebrated pilot was the maverick Irishman, Paddy Finucane. In June 1942, 452 Sqn's tenure at Andreas came to an end when the squadron...
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    squadron's commanding officer, 32-victory Irish ace, Squadron Leader Paddy Finucane.[citation needed] He claimed his first aircraft destroyed, a Messerschmitt...
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    his shop at 5 Rathmines Terrace on 20 December 1922[citation needed] Paddy Finucane, Second World War fighter pilot, was born in Rathmines[citation needed]...
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    Flight Lieutenant John Dundas, flying ace Wing Commander Brendan (Paddy) Finucane, flying ace Squadron Leader Hilary Hood, Battle of Britain pilot casualty...
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  • – Kathleen Winsor, American journalist and author (d. 2003) 1920 – Paddy Finucane, Irish fighter pilot and flying ace (d. 1942) 1921 – Matt Batts, American...
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    racketeers, gifted Truscott with a cheque for £1,000 to share with Paddy Finucane. The money was subsequently not accepted due to King's Regulations prohibiting...
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    undercarriage had dropped causing one of the RAF pilots (Flight Lieutenant Paddy Finucane) to claim Galland's aircraft as destroyed, but Galland landed without...
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    pilots who underwent training at Sywell were Pierre Clostermann and Paddy Finucane, who soloed here. Aerial shots for the film Battle of Britain were taken...
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    January 2024. Stokes, Doug (1983). Paddy Finucane, Fighter Ace: A Biography of Wing Commander Brendan E. Finucane, D.S.O., D.F.C. and Two Bars. London:...
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    Lieutenant Paddy Finucane, one of the squadron's flight commanders. Continuing with the sortie, Thorold-Smith destroyed a second Bf 109 as he and Finucane flew...
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  • Toner Mac Fhionnlaoich, Irish Language writer (born 1857) 15 July – Paddy Finucane, RAF fighter pilot, youngest Wing Commander in RAF history, killed in...
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    including the youngest ever RAF Wing Commander in history Fighter ace Paddy Finucane. Éire produced British materiel under contract and was bombed during...
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