SMACIN GRACEFULL TEAM Stories of UK“s disappearing World War II generation The death of Queen Elizabeth II is a reminder that the World War II generation is aging. Like the queen, even the youngest veterans of the war are now nearing their 100th birthdays, and a steady stream of obituaries tells the story of a disappearing generation. ADVERTISEMENT Here are the stories of a few veterans who died this year. HENRIETTE HANOTTE: Aug. 10, 1920- Feb. 19, 2022 Henriette Hanotte began her wartime career ferrying Allied airmen to safety almost by accident. On May 23, 1940, as British forces retreated toward Dunkirk, two soldiers asked her parents for help crossing the Belgian frontier as they tried to make their way back to England. Hanotte, then 20, volunteered to take them to the French city of Lille, some 20 kilometers (12.5 miles) away. That chance encounter brought her to th