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Fighter pilots rely on a slice of luck to survive the deadly game of aerial combat, and some of them enjoy much more luck than others.

serve with distinction in the Middle East during the Second World War. Some are well known for their exploits, but most remain anonymous

to all except family and friends, historians and enthusiasts. Ted Oakley is one airman who falls into the latter category. Flying operations

with No. 450 Squadron RAAF over the Western Desert, Ted survived many near-death experiences, all while others around him sadly

perished. Throughout his time in the Middle East, battle-hardened German fighter aces and anti-aircraft gunners had Ted in their sights on

Louis in the Morbihan Departement, an administrative region of Brittany along

its south coast. One of the directors of the East India Company, Denis Langlois,

purchased land at the junction of the Scorff and Blavet rivers north of Port-Louis

and founded a shipyard there. The first ship built there in 1669, Le Soleil d‘Orient,

gave its name to the emerging settlement and this long form of it was first

shortened by the workers to L‘Orient, and this later evolved into Lorient.

A French Royal Navy base was established there in 1690.