what a boss.

"rules are for the guidance of wise men and the obedience of fools" -Douglas Bader

Boom. This guy! So there he is just chilling, right?! That is a pretty sweet guy you might say, strong! Really good at almost everything that is good: rugby, hockey, cricket, you name it he does it- really well. Then he takes up flying and is good at that too (duh) but he's 21 showing off, does some acrobatics, digs in a wingtip, and ends up having both legs amputated. Dang it! Wanna know what he had to say? "Crashed slow-rolling near ground. Bad show." Ha! Awesome, soooooo my legs just got whacked, but I'm really upset you folks didn't get to see the full loop!!

Does that hamper progress........ let me think. Smokes pipe in aircraft while holding stick straight with prosthetic legs and hopes the gas fumes don't get him! Leads a RAF squadron in WWII and kills it (literally) becoming Britain's 5 highest ACE for number of kills. Gets his tail shot off by a Bf 109 and while plummeting to the ground (400 mph give or take) his prosthetic gets stuck, but breaks off, he parachutes out, and gets captured. and THEN!!!

"'scuse me, mr. german, um, may i borrow your pen?!"

(writing)
"dear britain,
i am writing for a favor. i seem to have lost my prosthetic leg somewhere over france, would you mind sending me a spare? thank you, all the best.  -bader"

Wanna know who ok'd the op to parachute drop that little replacement off? Herman Goring. ha. but the brits obliged the airpost after they did a bomb run. Two birds with one stone, no kidding. Smart.

From historical records: "over the next few years, Bader was a thorn in the Germans side." Pretty much the prime example of goonbaiting; cause as much ruckus as possible to tie up as many resources and personnel as possible. Made the germans so mad they took his legs away, but then felt so bad they gave him them back and then he escaped again then next day.... again, what a boss.