I've been really getting into this guy (sts) lately, enjoying my UK heritage. What an animal, loses both legs before the Battle of Britain, during the battle shoots down 22. Bails out in France, is captured, tries to escape (with prosthetics) the Germans have so much respect for him they give the RAF safe passage to drop a new prosthetic off from a bomber when his is damaged.
And of course the great quote about his initial crash,
"Crashed slow-rolling near ground. Bad show.
Excuse the source (wiki), but there is a great book called Reach for the Sky.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Bader