A great read, thank you, DL. I'm amazed she didn't get destroyed by raids on French ports and the like. A very lucky ship...and small - less than...
Bloody good point on the bullet damage.
Stuffed if I know how they're going to ID the remains properly. I'm not aware of there being any living relatives but I guess there is. What are...
Here's a better bio: Len Waters - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kyt, I first learned of Len Waters when I saw a piece on him back in the early '90s. The only thing that sticks in my head about it is that he was...
Going through the names included in the above posts again, I really should try to find the time to do a bibliography (so to speak) of aircrew...
Putting two and two together and no doubt coming up with 54, are you the author? Huge book. It would be interesting to discover the research...
The Landings - Black Magic Register of War Memorials in New South Wales - Leonard Victor Waters Memorial Park AWM Collection Record:...
Hopefully what he is feeling will soon be reflected by the families of those lost on HMAS Sydney.
Have you come across this? http://www.wwiimemories.com/journal2/aa2p1.jpg
This girl has to be in contention: Girl's party leaves dog in coma | NEWS.com.au The most amusing bit? She acts tough and doesn't care...
Is there a memorial to the crash, Nick? Sobering story. It must have been hard for the following crews to fly over the crash site knowing that...
A wee tot? Find it hard to believe they'll drink in apparent moderation. Guess it depends on how big the tot is. Hugh's probably paralytic as we...
Well done, Kyt. John I was going to suggest you post what you had got from the NAA here for us to decipher but Kyt has saved you the trouble by the...
That's a different sculpture. Certainly something that is taken for granted - the Navy crews that made the landings possilbe.
Great to see these relics. Amazed there is so much left!
NIck, Spidge will be keen to see you have pics of war graves! Great photos, by the way.
So it looks like he was on his first hop, Kyt? 75 Sqn was known as the "Chop" Squadron wasn't it?
Excellent collection and research, Nick. Well done. Clark must have been on the obligatory second dickie flight that all new pilots had to do...
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