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 Geplaatst: 27 Mei 2014 23:16 Onderwerp: Valuable World War 1 history recovered from rubbish tip |
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Sitting on a rubbish tip in the southern Queensland town of Texas (pop 693) in 2012 was a brown leather bag containing the personal items of the greatest Australian-born Naval fighter pilot...then the right person found it.
To this day, World War 1 Royal Naval Air Service pilot Robert Alexander Little is regarded as the greatest Australian-born fighter ace.
Mature and talented beyond his years, the lively Melburnian was an adrenaline junkie officially credited with 47 aerial victories, but the real figure is probably higher.
"There was one occasion where he'd taken off knowing there was a squadron above him," Nowra Fleet Air Arm manager Terry Hetherington explains.
"He engaged in a battle with 11 other aircraft and came out victorious.
"There are many stories of him going up there, looking for a fight and coming out on top." |
Lees en kijk verder: http://www.abc.net.au/local/photos/2014/04/07/3979788.htm
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