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020 _a1875593004 (pbk.)
100 1 _aMCAULAY Lex
245 0 _aSix aces:
_bAustralian fighter pilots 1939-45
260 _aMelbourne, Vic:
_bBanner Books,
_c1991
300 _a342p.
520 _aWell-known Australian author Lex McAulay has written biographies of 6 not so well known RAAF Fighter Aces. Les Clisby DFC, aHurricane pilot 1st Squadron destroyed 14 German aircraft during the blitzkrieg of 1940. the First RAAF ace of the Second World War,Tony Gaze DFC Flew Spitfires over France was shot down and escaped actually flew Meteor jets at end of war, Jack Storey DFC RAAF Hurricane pilot in Burma, Butch Gordon DFC Beaufighter pilot with 31 Squadron RAAF Darwin, Mervyn Shipard DFC, Beaufighter pilot with 69 and 89 squadrons., Charles Scherf DSO DFC Mosquito intruder pilot with 418 squadron destroyed 25 German aircraft 1944, Max Cotton DFC Squadron pilot flying shipping strikes in Whirlwinds
650 _aFIGHTER ACES
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