{"id":8460,"date":"2020-07-01T09:46:41","date_gmt":"2020-07-01T08:46:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/videoarchive\/?p=8460"},"modified":"2026-03-23T08:20:42","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T07:20:42","slug":"sir-douglas-bader-1981","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/videoarchive\/sir-douglas-bader-1981\/","title":{"rendered":"Sir Douglas Bader: 1981"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/videoarchive\/files\/2026\/03\/flying-colours-book-copy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"185\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-12406\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/videoarchive\/files\/2026\/03\/flying-colours-book-copy-185x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>In December 1981 former RAF pilot Sir Douglas Bader visited Imperial College Bookshop to promote and sign copies of a new publication. The book was called Flying Colours and was written by Laddie Lucas. Sir Douglas took part in the Battle of Britain, was imprisoned at <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Oflag_IV-C\">Colditz Castle<\/a> and his life was chronicled in the film <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Reach_for_the_Sky\">Reach for the Sky<\/a>.\u00a0 Surrounded by copies of the book, STOIC&#8217;s Lawerence Windley managed to get a few words with him.<\/p>\n<p>Within a year of this video, in September 1982, he had died.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6UQgm39HNrQ?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p><strong>Colin Grimshaw July 2020<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<form name=\"s2form\" method=\"post\" action=\"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/videoarchive\/about-the-video-archive-blog\/\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"ip\" value=\"146.179.8.48\" \/><span style=\"display:none !important\"><label for=\"firstname\">Leave This Blank:<\/label><input type=\"text\" id=\"firstname\" name=\"firstname\" \/><label for=\"lastname\">Leave This Blank Too:<\/label><input type=\"text\" id=\"lastname\" name=\"lastname\" \/><label for=\"uri\">Do Not Change This:<\/label><input type=\"text\" id=\"uri\" name=\"uri\" value=\"http:\/\/\" \/><\/span><p><label for=\"s2email\">Your email:<\/label><br><input type=\"email\" name=\"email\" id=\"s2email\" value=\"Enter email address...\" size=\"20\" onfocus=\"if (this.value === 'Enter email address...') {this.value = '';}\" onblur=\"if (this.value === '') {this.value = 'Enter email address...';}\" \/><\/p><p><input type=\"submit\" name=\"subscribe\" value=\"Subscribe\" \/>&nbsp;<input type=\"submit\" name=\"unsubscribe\" value=\"Unsubscribe\" \/><\/p><\/form>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In December 1981 former RAF pilot Sir Douglas Bader visited Imperial College Bookshop to promote and sign copies of a new book. 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