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Ruth Marie Fairey Lyons

The Times & Democrat 21 Sep 2023
AIKEN — Ruth Marie Fairey Lyons, age 82, lost her long battle with leukemia on September 16, 2023, with her husband of 60 years, Jimmy A ... Born in Rowesville, South Carolina July 3, 1941, to Robert Lee Fairey Jr.
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Fairey Swordfish: The Outdated Biplane That Helped Sink the German Battleship Bismarck

War History Online 18 Jul 2023
Development of the Fairey Swordfish. Fairey Swordfish Mk I with 785 Naval Air Squadron, Fleet Air Arm, 1939-45 ... Fairey Swordfish specs ... Fairey Swordfish in the Mediterranean ... Fairey Swordfish also attacked U-boats during the Battle of the Atlantic.
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The Supreme Court hears ‘fair use’ case over Andy Warhol’s painting of Prince

The Grio 13 Oct 2022
Warhol is far from the only artist to be ensnared in a copyright battle ... In Fairey’s case, which was ultimately resolved out of court, it was never formally established if he had fair use.
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'A clear mandate' from 15 per cent of the city – How radical can Wayne Brown be?

NewstalkZB 10 Oct 2022
But left-leaning councillors are also likely to want to engage with Brown, rather than battle him from the start. That group includes Julie Fairey, Kerrin Leoni, Shane Henderson, Alf Filipaina, Fuli ...
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Marian Springs Memorial Scholarships awarded

The Times & Democrat 12 Jun 2022
Special to The T&D ... Scholarship recipients were Caleb Battle, Shields Fairey and Brinley Millender. Board member Mary Jo Springs then explained the origin of the memorial and its importance to the organization ... ....
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131,553 Allied Pilots and Airmen Trained in the ‘Aerodrome of Democracy’

War History Online 09 Jun 2022
At the outset of the Second World War, the United Kingdom was faced with many problems, one of which was how to train the aircrews who would be crucial to the war effort ... 82 Tiger Moths, Fleet Finches, Harvards, Avro Ansons and Fairey Battles ... ....
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The short, adventurous life of Regina Pilot Bobby Leavitt

Moosejaw Today 22 Apr 2022
Clipping from Charlottetown’s (PEI) The Guardian – ‘Returning to (France) with other squadron members in Tiger Moths, which were destroyed and flew back … Spitfires and Fairey Battles.” From CVWM .
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Bill Waud and Moose Jaw Friends – World War Two

Moosejaw Today 06 Apr 2022
Bill maintained the Fairey Battle aircraft assigned to the Flight. Bill in the cockpit of a Fairey Battle Drogue Tug doing a ‘run-up’.
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The Fairey Battle Bomber

Moosejaw Today 17 Mar 2022
The Fairey Battle airplane, best considered Messerschmitt fodder, was a good aircraft in its day – but by the beginning of WW II its day had passed ... We don’t have a Fairey Battle in our Western Development Museum, but we should.
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'There are old pilots and bold pilots but no old-bold pilots'

Moosejaw Today 03 Mar 2022
The Five made him an Ace ... The Battle of France ... The Battle of France was lost ...   ... This is a CVWM, Picture Me Project photo of Lloyd Bishop – in cockpit of aircraft (probably a Fairey Battle) for solo flight during training in England 1939 ... .
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The Legend of Unsinkable Sam: Did This Death-Defying Cat Really Exist?

War History Online 03 Mar 2022
Sinking of the battleship Bismarck ... Battleship Bismarck ... The battleship was sunk following a fierce two-day sea battle. On May 26, she was hit by bombs from Fairey Swordfish biplanes, which had taken off from the Royal Navy‘s HMS Ark Royal (91) ... .
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