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RIP Raymond Baxter
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Posted: Friday, September 15, 2006 - 01:11 AM UTC
The voice of British Television, Raymond Baxter sadly passed away today at the age of 84. He will be sadly missed!
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Posted: Friday, September 15, 2006 - 12:19 PM UTC
I hadn't realised he was a pilot during WW2 until I read the obituary.
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Posted: Friday, September 15, 2006 - 12:24 PM UTC
anyone of a certain age (like me!) will remember raymond as the voice of "tomorrows world" he also presented the farnborough airshow on the bbc as he had flown spitfires in ww2
R.I.P.
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Posted: Friday, September 15, 2006 - 05:03 PM UTC
A sad loss.
Watching the Farnborough air show wont seem the same now.
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Posted: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 - 09:38 PM UTC
I remember him telling a story years ago I think it was on This is Your Life .About when flying on ops a V2 rose out of a forrest straight in front of his Spitfire ,so he gave it a burst.He said he was glad he didn`t hit it after he saw one explode.
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Posted: Wednesday, October 25, 2006 - 02:30 AM UTC



Hmmmm......when I read the thread title and saw the name "Raymond Baxter" I immediately heard his voice in my head....his presence will be missed.

R.I.P. gallant Sir.

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