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RAAF
fighter pilot
Brian Eaton
(pictured)
was shot down three times in ten days in 1943, but went on to become his squadron's commanding officer and eventually retire as an
Air Vice Marshal
?
Australian
fighter
pilot
Lieutenant
(later
Air Vice Marshal
)
Adrian Cole
(pictured)
was awarded the
Military Cross
in 1917 for attacking six enemy aircraft threatening Allied cavalry?
a purge of senior ranks in 1946 left
Air Vice Marshal
George Mackinolty
(pictured)
as one of only two officers in the
Royal Australian Air Force
who had seen service in both
world wars
?
Captain
(later
Air Vice Marshal
)
Henry Wrigley
(pictured)
piloted the first trans-
Australia
flight, from
Melbourne
to
Darwin
, in 1919?
Captain
(later
Air Vice Marshal
)
William H. Anderson
(
pictured
) and his observer,
Lieutenant
J.R. Bell, accounted for
No. 3 Squadron AFC
's first confirmed
kill
in
World War I
?
Air Vice Marshal
Frank Bladin
(pictured)
was nicknamed "Dad" for the concern he showed for the welfare of his personnel?
Air Vice Marshal
Joe Hewitt
began his military career as a thirteen-year-old cadet in the
Royal Australian Navy
?
Air Vice Marshal
Ellis Wackett
, the
RAAF's
senior engineer from 1935 to 1959, was nicknamed "
Punch
" for his prominent chin and nose?
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Air Marshal
Air Marshal
Charles Read
broke with tradition by refusing to sit for the usual portrait painted of retiring
RAAF
Chiefs of the Air Staff
?
Air Marshal
John McCauley
's
(pictured)
university degree
was an unusual qualification for a
pilot
in the pre-
war
RAAF
, whose officers generally "valued little beyond flying ability"?
Air Marshal
Sir
Michael Giddings
, an
RAF
officer who flew
Spitfires
during
World War II
, chaired the infamous inquiry concerning the
Archway Road A1
extension that would have demolished almost 200 homes?
Air Marshal
Sir
Richard Gordon Wakeford
flew
Catalina
flying boats
in the
Second World War
, and was involved in the last sinking of a German
U-boat
on
8 May
1945
?
British
Air Marshal
Joubert de la Ferté
served as
commander-in-chief
of
RAF Coastal Command
on two separate occasions, before and during the
Second World War
?
before
Air Marshal
Richard Williams
was called "Father of the
RAAF
", the title was often accorded to
Group Captain
Eric Harrison
, who gave Williams his initial flight training?
in the early 1950s
Air Marshal
Donald Hardman
(pictured)
transformed the
Royal Australian Air Force
's command structure from one based on geographical area to one based on operational function?
the
B-24 Liberator
in which
Air Marshal
Sir Peter Drummond
was travelling when lost at sea in 1945 had previously been the personal transport of
Winston Churchill
?
the military career of
Australian
Air Marshal
Sir
Alister Murdoch
spanned 40 years, including
seaplane
flying in the 1930s and a tenure as Chief of the Air Staff during the
Vietnam War
?
towards the end of
World War II
, British
Air Marshal
Douglas Evill
advocated the bombing of eastern German cities to disrupt
Wehrmacht
reinforcements moving to the
Eastern Front
?
Air Chief Marshal
Air Chief Marshal
Sir Lewis Hodges
was awarded two
DSOs
and a Bar to his
DFC
for flying secret missions for
SOE
in Europe and the Far East in the
Second World War
?
Air Chief Marshal
Sir
Charles Burnett
was born in the
United States
to a
Scottish
father, educated in
England
and eventually became the
Australian
Chief of the Air Staff
?
Air Chief Marshal
Sir
Francis Fogarty
gained both a
mention in dispatches
and the
Distinguished Flying Cross
for his operational flying in
Iraq
in the early 1920s?
Group Captain
(later
Air Chief Marshal
Sir)
Frederick Scherger
was one of the few senior
RAAF
officers in
Northern Australia
to emerge from the inquiry into the
bombing of Darwin
in February 1942 with his career undamaged?
Neville McNamara
(pictured)
was only the second
RAAF
officer to be promoted
Air Chief Marshal
, and the last
Chief of the Air Staff
to be knighted before Australia abandoned
imperial honours
?
Air Commodore
Flying Officer
(later
Air Commodore
)
Frank Lukis
was one of the original twenty-one officers in the
RAAF
when it was formed in 1921?
Group Captain
Group Captain
(later
Air Chief Marshal
Sir)
Frederick Scherger
was one of the few senior
RAAF
officers in
Northern Australia
to emerge from the inquiry into the
bombing of Darwin
in February 1942 with his career undamaged?
Group Officer
Clare Stevenson
was the first Director of the
Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force
(WAAAF)?
RAAF
Beaufort
squadrons fighting in
New Guinea
under the command of
Group Captain
Val Hancock
were so short of ammunition in 1945 that they used captured
Japanese
ordnance
to augment their bomb loads?
at 24,
Wilfred Arthur
was the youngest
Group Captain
in the history of the
Royal Australian Air Force
?
before
Air Marshal
Richard Williams
was called "Father of the
RAAF
", the title was often accorded to
Group Captain
Eric Harrison
, who gave Williams his initial flight training?
the
Commanding Officer
of
RAAF Station Richmond
in 1938–40,
Group Captain
"Kanga" De La Rue
, was once locked up by his own guards when he tried to enter the base without a pass?
Marshal of the Royal Air Force
Michael Beetham
,
World War II
bomber
pilot, is now senior
Marshal of the Royal Air Force
?
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