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Old 10th May 2007, 13:12
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John Wheater
 
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I guess the Telegraph was quickest of the mark, with the death when it happened, and an obituary on Friday 13th.

The funeral went off well on May 1st at Tangmere church, which holds a lot of Germans. A good churchfull of the great and good; I was pleased, as a nobody, to get in, and to have an Order of Service to add to my memorabilia, including a copy of his 1952 letter from Churchill, printed by Sothebys when they sold it for him, and his reply to my letter when I worried he was falling on hard times.

Does Mr Lovegrove post here? It was good to meet him, three years younger than ND, and still flying.

There was a spectacular flight over the church after the ceremony, a Hunter I think. Was it flown by anyone in particular?
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