Ernest is due to turn 105 on April 21 but with no surviving relatives the Royal British Legion is asking the public to send birthday cards to his nursing home in Preston
Ex-staff sergeant Ernest Horsfall served with the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers from 1940 to 1946, before settling in Lancashire where he worked for Vauxhall Motors. Remarkably, Ernest went on to take flying lessons at 43 and was a private pilot until the age of 93 when he couldn’t get insured but he continued maintaining aircraft until he was 101.
He said: “There would be swarms of Nazi bombers flying overhead all night and I knew many people that were injured or worse. On one occasion, our guard room was hit and six of my pals were killed, I was just lucky it wasn’t my duty that night.” The Royal British Legion's branch secretary Christine Parry said: “We are working hard to make sure Ernest’s 105th birthday is a very special occasion. He is part of a dwindling band of brothers, but our World War Two generation should never be forgotten.
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