Legless Girl Can Walk Again - A legless, little Greek girl today emulated her hero famous airman, Douglas Bader, by walking erect on artificial limbs and wearing shoes and socks for the first time. Joy ran through the Royal Children's Hospital and the Yooralla Hospital School when 10 - year - old Desma Mihos walked erect at last. Nurses praise her amazing courage and her will to be another Bader. Desma Mihos, who lives in Nicholson Street. East Brunswick, was burnt from the mid-thigh to the feet at the age of six' months, in Greece. November 05, 1955.