The first Australian to be awarded the DFC in WWII. Here's what I've found (I love the AWM!): Honours and awards (gazetted)...
WW II ACE STORIES Interesting recollections.
I reckon Kyt knows this chapter and verse and can add to it. Another Burma Hurri pilot. Am intrigued by the aircrew contribution of Sikhs etc....
Burma Hurricane pilot. Lloyd "Tommy" Thomas Lloyd Duncan THOMAS joined the Royal Canadian Air Force on September 6th, 1940 at the recruiting...
CT is more mature than most of us but she ain't that mature!
43 inches of what?! :-)
Excellent news! Didn't realise she was a Mk I.
Ah, good pick up from the Smith obit.
Might have to start calling you Kytty... And if you do so you shall start to see a lot of your posts changing content :>
Damn and blast. :rolleyes:
Blackmail to avoid quitting smoking by the sounds of it...
Good stuff, thanks Kyt. Flitting around doing 600 things at once (hussy) so figured someone would find the rest!
Way to go, mate. At least half have actually been interesting while the other half have been book recommendations/whinging about smoking....
Very good post, AR, thanks.
Good to see Legacy getting a good chunk of money from those sales.
Was just about to post about him! I work with a Rhodesian and from what she's been saying, he was an inspirational man. The Cenotaph in the capital...
Never heard of him either, AR. Good post. Delbert Mann (I) - Biography After his 1941 graduation from Vanderbilt, Mann joined the Army and was...
Old news and I vaguely remember reports of his passing but, I'm ashamed to say, I had forgotten. EDIT: Telegraph link removed as no longer...
SOUTH AFRICAN AIR ACES OF WORLD WAR II - No. 7 - South African Military History Society This is number 7 in the series. And 5 and 6: SOUTH...
Second pic looks like the final balbo at Duxford's Flying legends. Glad to see she still has the noseart but dunno why I thought Pacific!
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