Australian Aces of WW2
 In Defense of Darwin by Norman Clifford |
National Anthem
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"Killer" Clive Robertson Caldwell |
(Ace in a day 5dec41, |
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John Lloyd Waddy |
15.5 / 7 / 6 * |
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* Richard Nigel Cullen |
(KIA 4mar41, |
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"Pat" * Patterson Clarence Hughes |
(KIA 7sep40) |
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"Bluey" * Keith William Truscott |
(KIFA 28mar43) 15 / 3 / 2 * |
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"Tim" Adrian Philip Goldsmith |
15 - 12 / 3 / 7.75 |
 Height of the Battle by Robert Taylor |
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"Charlie" "Last-Trip" Charles Curnow Scherf |
(+ 9 / 0 / 4 OTG or W 14.5 / 0 / 0 |
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"Merv" Mervin Charles Shipard |
(top RAAF Nightfighter) 14 - 13 * |
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"Tony" Frederick Anthony Owen Gaze |
12.5 / 4 / 5 * |
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"Pete" * Peter St.George Bruce Turnbull |
(KIA 27aug42) 12 * |
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"Jack" "Slim" * John William Yarra |
(KIA 10dec42) 12 |
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Andrew William Barr |
(POW 26jun42, escaped) 12 - 11 |
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Charles Arbuthnot Crombie |
12 - 11 |
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"Bobby" Robert Henry Maxwell Gibbes |
12 - 10.25 |
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Bruce Albert Bretherton |
12 - 8 |
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Clive Howard Clive Mayers |
11.33 |
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"Sinker" * Hugo Throssell Armstrong |
(KIA 5 or 3 feb43) 10.5 / 3 / 2 |
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Robert James Clarendon Whittle |
11 - 10.5 |
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* Ian Bedford Nesbitt Russell |
(KIA 1jun40) 11 - 7 |
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John Reynolds Cock |
10.25 -10 |
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Paul * Virgil Paul Brennan |
(KIFA 13jun43) 10 |
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Collin Henry Parkinson |
10 - 8.33 |
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Wilfred Stanley Arthur |
10 - 8 |
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Allan Charles Rawlinson |
10 - 8 |
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John Rowley Perrin |
10 - 6 |
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 Looking for Trouble by Peter Randall-Kent |
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* William Henry Millington |
(MIA 30oct40) 9.75 |
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Edward Ernest Croate |
9.5 |
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"Les" * Leslie Redford Clisby |
(KIA 15may40) 9.33 / 0 / 0 |
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* John Churchin |
(KIA 4jun41) 9 |
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"Willy" Peter Greville Kaye Williamson |
(NightFighter) 9 ( + 3 V-1s ) |
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Gordon Henry Steege |
8 |
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William John Storey |
8 |
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* Raymond Edward Thorold-Smith |
(KIA 15mar43) 8 - 5.5 |
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John Francis Pain |
7.33 |
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Keith Macdermott Hampshire |
7 |
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* John Francis Jackson |
(KIA 28apr42) 7 |
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* Gordon Russell Tweedale |
(KIA 9May42) 7 |
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Alan Hill Boyd |
6.5 / 3 - 2 / 3 * |
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Allan Cecil Cameron |
(POW 11jan42) 6.5 |
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* Russell George Foskett |
(MIA 13oct44) 6.5 |
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John Henry Eric Bisley |
6.5 - 5.5 |
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Rudolf Morris Leu |
(POW 21Jun42) 6.33 |
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Peter Jeffrey |
6.25 |
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Walter Henry Arthur Mailey |
6 / 0 / 6 |
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Keith Brace Chisholm |
(POW 12oct41) 6 |
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Robert Barson Cowper |
6 |
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Stewart William Rees |
6 |
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* John Henry William Saunders |
(KIA 22Nov41) 6 |
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John Phillip Bartle |
6 - 4 |
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 Desert Hawks by Robert Taylor |
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* John Livingston Boyd |
(KIA 14may42) 5.66 |
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"Ron" William Ronald Cundy |
5.66 * |
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Donald Hindle McBurnie |
5.5 |
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* Thomas G. Paxton |
(W: 5apr42, D: 7apr42) 5.5 |
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Geoffrey Charles Atherton |
5.5-4.5 |
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* Roderick Russell Herbert Bowes |
(KIA 21may43) 5.33 |
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Donald Hamilton Smith |
5.33 |
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Bob Bunting |
5 |
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Alfred Wattle Benjamin Clare |
5 |
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"Larry" Lawrence Francis Marshall Cronin |
5 |
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Charles Horace Fry |
(POW 18May41) 5 |
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* Peter Radcliffe Giddy |
(KIFA 12Mar42) 5 |
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Reginald Lloyd Gordon |
5 |
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Wilfred Arthur Goold |
5 |
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* Richard Hope Hillary |
(KIFA 8Jan43) 5 |
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Leslie Douglas Jackson |
5 |
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* Richard Hastings Nitschke |
(KIA 20dec41) 5 |
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Charles Gordon Chaloner Olive |
5 |
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Ronald Rankin |
5 |
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* Ronald Henry Simes |
(KIA 9Jan42) 5 |
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Arthur Leslie Spurgin |
5 |
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Richard Douglas Vanderfield |
5 |
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* Rex Kerslake Wilson |
(KIA 9Dec41) 5 |
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V-1 'Aces'
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Valton Leslie Turner | 4 (+ 2 V-1's) |
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Basil Howard |
3 (+ 5 V-1's) |
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Keith Alexander Roediger |
2 (+ 9 V-1's) |
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D. J. MacKerras | 0 (+ 11 V-1's |
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Kenneth R. Collier | 0 (+ 7 V-1's) |
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C. M. Lawson |
0 (+ 6 V-1's) |
 Caldwell's Long Shot by Roy Grinnell |
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Cool Related Sites
| Safarik's Aces Page | |
| Magnus' Australian Air Aces | |
| Australian National Archives Online |
 Targets of Opportunity by Robert Taylor |
 Spitfires over Darwin by Robert Taylor |