Len Davies obituary

My grandfather Len Davies, who has died aged 93, was one of the last of the Few the allied airmen who fought in the Battle of Britain.

Operational from the beginning of August 1940, he was scrambled into dogfights over the Thames estuary until he was shot down on 28 August. Bleeding and soaked in fuel, he nursed his plane until he saw an aerodrome, landed while the runway was being bombed and was left hanging from his straps upside down in a crater.