I'd call you a Traitor but since you said you were never a true blue Vicmexicatorian you can be let off
HMAS Hobart, Never Sunk or Scuttled a fighting Ship from the start right till last. As many know in Navy's it is mainly those vessels sunk are...
The Royal Australian Navy 1939 - 1945 We infantrymen would never admit it to a sailor but quite often we have to say "thank God for the...
60+pound loads in large packs can be standard, depending on the various missions. Thats not counting ammo, rifle, grenades, or parts/warheads of...
It comes from Digger History; (ANZAC) Australia & NZ at War, a history They donot have a lot on WW2 RAN Ships just the main ones that were sunk and...
Category: RAN WW2 RAN in the PACIFIC WAR In the morning of 8 December 1941 Japanese troops commenced landing in Northern Malaya....
HMAS Australia SERVICE PRE-WORLD WAR II HMAS AUSTRALIA departed Portsmouth on 3 August 1928 and proceeding via Montreal, Quebec, Halifax,...
Maybe we should also try and write long hand or abreviated, in our own words the story and facts of a story we are posting. I Suppose it's not...
So thats close to a third of all KIA's, still flying them WW2 birds, a lot of men are lucky to have a known grave or crash site/grave. Cheers Spidge...
They can have two packs a large and a small or day pack, not sure about WW2 but post WW2 large pack was dropped as soon as gun fight breaks out,...
Here is another from the scrap iron flotilla, Sounds like they had a busy yet very successful fight. STUART of MATAPAN 28/29 March 1941...
THE CHOOK Never was ship more aptly named. Out in the combers of the Pacific or down among the thrashing waves of the Bight, she maintained an...
Are the 1447 you mention the number of Aussies Air men whith no known grave.
Sorry Spidge obviously a silly misunderstanding, my most sincerest apologies to you.
Quote Spidge" The black box flight recorder was in their somewhere. Unquote Mate thanks for letting me know that "Black Boxes" may have been...
Spidge your figures are right mine show 10562 dead but the figures are pretty much spot on. Mate what I should of done in my post was separate my...
Very good deep But very good Clive. Good onya mate Keep em comming.
So what other inventions have us Australians created, the list in the links seems to cover most. Black Boxes for Air Planes (??) What about the...
While the deeds of the men from the war of 1914 - 1918 have gone into our psyche, Tall Bronzed lean muscle ripping man who makes the job of being a...
I cant remember the exact number, yet most of the 10500+ (Dead) RAAF Air Crew flew with Bomber Command, yet again I think I may be right in saying...
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