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New Zealand Battledress was almost identical to British 1937 pattern Battledress, Serge but the wool tended to be much darker brown, while the stitching was a contrasting light colour. The NZ blouse had a six button fly front, rather than the British five. Australian Battledress blouses were almost identical to British Battledress, Serge. The ...
RAF Flying Aces of World War II www.acesofww2.com; Battle of Britain Memorial British Airmen List The Airmen's Stories; Bowman, Martin W (2015). Voices in Flight: RAF Fighter Pilots in WWII. Barnsley, South Yorkshire: Pen & Sword Aviation. ISBN 978-1-4738-6572-3. Brew, A. The Turret Fighters, Defiant and Roc.
Fighter aces in World War II had tremendously varying kill scores, affected as they were by many factors: the pilot's skill level, the performance of the airplane the pilot flew and the planes they flew against, how long they served, their opportunity to meet the enemy in the air (Allied to Axis disproportion), whether they were the formation's leader or a wingman, the standards their air ...
Pages in category "British World War II flying aces" The following 180 pages are in this category, out of 180 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Goodman was born in Haifa on 8 October 1920 to a British father, Sidney Charles Goodman, and Bida Lerner from Zikhron Ya'akov. [3] He had two sisters, Winifred and Ellen. His parents were married in St Luke's Church in Haifa, circa 1920. [4] Goodman was sent to the United Kingdom to be educated at Highgate School in London.
Comparative military ranks of World War II; List of equipment used in World War II; Imperial Japanese Army Uniforms; United States Army Uniform in World War II; Ranks and insignia of the Red Army and Navy 1940–1943; Ranks and insignia of the Soviet Armed Forces 1943–1955
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Captain Don Gentile was a pilot with 133 Squadron, claiming two air victories, and by March 1944 had become the 4th Fighter Group's top ace in World War II, with 22 aerial kills. Colonel Chesley "Pete" Peterson had 130 sorties with the Eagle Squadrons and became the youngest squadron commander in the RAF. When the Eagle Squadrons were ...