Australian Aces of WW2
 In Defense of Darwin by Norman Clifford |
National Anthem
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Clive Robertson Caldwell (both) |
(Ace in a day 5dec41) 28.5 |
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"Tim" Adrian Philip Goldsmith (both) |
18 - 16 (+ 6 dam) |
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"Les" * Leslie Redford Clisby (RAF) |
(KIA 15may40) 16.5 - 10 |
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* Richard Nigel Cullen (RAF) |
(KIA 4mar41) 16 (+1sh, 2prob &1dam) * |
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John Lloyd Waddy (RAF, SAAF) |
15.5 * |
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"Bluey" * Keith William Truscott (RAAF) |
(KIFA 28mar43) 15 (+ 3 prob & 2 dam) * |
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"Pat" * Patterson Clarence Hughes (RAF) |
(KIA 7sep40) 15 (in 24 days) * |
 Height of the Battle by Robert Taylor |
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"Merv" Mervin Charles Shipard (RAF) |
(top RAAF Nightfighter) 14 -13 * |
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"Charlie" "Last-Trip" Charles Curnow Scherf (RCAF) |
13.5 (+10 OTG & 7dam) |
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"Tony" Frederick Anthony Owen Gaze (RAF) |
12.5 (+4 prob & 5 dam) * |
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"Pete" * Peter St.George Bruce Turnbull (RAAF) |
(KIA 27aug42) 12 * |
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"Jack" "Slim" * John William Yarra (both) |
(KIA 10dec42) 12 |
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Andrew William Barr (RAAF) |
(POW 26jun42, escaped) 12 -11 |
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Charles Arbuthnot Crombie (RAF) |
12 -11 |
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"Bobby" Robert Henry Maxwell Gibbes (RAAF) |
12 -10.25 |
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Bruce Albert Bretherton (RAF) |
12 - 8 |
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Howard Clive Mayers (RAF) |
11.33 |
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"Sinker" * Hugo Throssell Armstrong (RAF) * |
(KIA 5 or 3 feb43) 10.5 (+ 3 probs & 2 dams) |
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Robert James Clarendon Whittle (both) |
11 - 10.5 |
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* Ian Bedford Nesbitt Russell (RAF) |
(KIA 1jun40) 11 - 7 |
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John Reynolds Cock (RAF) |
10.25 -10 |
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Paul * Virgil Paul Brennan (both) |
(KIFA 13jun43) 10 |
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Collin Henry Parkinson (RAF) |
10 - 8.33 |
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Wilfred Stanley Arthur (both) |
10 - 8 |
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Allan Charles Rawlinson (RAAF) |
10 - 8 |
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John Rowley Perrin (RAAF) |
10 - 6 |
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 Looking for Trouble by Peter Randall-Kent |
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* William Henry Millington (RAF) |
(MIA 30oct40) 9.75 |
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Edward Ernest Croate (RAF) |
9.5 |
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* John Churchin (RAF) |
(KIA 4jun41) 9 |
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"Prune""Willy" Peter Greville Kaye Williamson (RAF) |
(NightFighter) 9 ( + 3 V-1s ) |
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Gordon Henry Steege (RAAF) |
8 |
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William John Storey (RAF) |
8 |
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* Raymond Edward Thorold-Smith (RAAF) |
(KIA 15mar43) 8 - 5.5 |
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John Francis Pain (RAF) |
7.33 |
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Keith Macdermott Hampshire (RAAF) |
7 |
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* John Francis Jackson (RAAF) |
(KIA 28apr42) 7 |
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* Gordon Russell Tweedale (RAF) |
(KIA 9May42) 7 |
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Alan Hill Boyd (RAAF) |
6 (+1sh, 3prob & 3dam) * |
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Allan Cecil Cameron (RAAF) |
(POW 11jan42) 6.5 |
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* Russell George Foskett (RAF) |
(MIA 13oct44) 6.5 |
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John Henry Eric Bisley (both) |
6.5 - 5.5 |
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Rudolf Morris Leu (RAF) |
(POW 21Jun42) 6.33 |
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Peter Jeffrey (both) |
6.25 |
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Walter Henry Arthur Mailey (RAAF) |
6 (+ 5 damaged) |
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Keith Brace Chisholm (RAAF) |
(POW 12oct41) 6 |
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Robert Barson Cowper (both) |
6 |
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Stewart William Rees (RAF) |
6 |
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* John Henry William Saunders (RAAF) |
(KIA 22Nov41) 6 |
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John Phillip Bartle (RAF) |
6 - 4 |
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 Desert Hawks by Robert Taylor |
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* John Livingston Boyd (RAF) |
(KIA 14may42) 5.66 |
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"Ron" William Ronald Cundy (RAF) |
5.66 * |
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Donald Hindle McBurnie (RAAF) |
5.5 |
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* Thomas G. Paxton (RAF) |
(W:5Apr42, D:7Apr42) 5.5 |
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Geoffrey Charles Atherton (RAAF) |
5.5-4.5 |
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* Roderick Russell Herbert Bowes (RAF) |
(KIA 21may43) 5.33 |
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Donald Hamilton Smith (both) |
5.33 |
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Bob Bunting (RAF) |
5 |
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Alfred Wattle Benjamin Clare (RAAF) |
5 |
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"Larry" Lawrence Francis Marshall Cronin (RAF) |
5 |
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Charles Horace Fry (RAF) |
(POW 18May41) 5 |
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* Peter Radcliffe Giddy (RAAF) |
(KIFA 12Mar42) 5 |
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Reginald Lloyd Gordon (RAAF) |
5 |
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Wilfred Arthur Goold (RAF) |
5 |
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* Richard Hope Hillary (RAF) |
(KIFA 8Jan43) 5 |
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Leslie Douglas Jackson (RAAF) |
5 |
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* Richard Hastings Nitschke (RAF) |
(KIA 20dec41) 5 |
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Charles Gordon Chaloner Olive (RAF) |
5 |
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Ronald Rankin (RAF) |
5 |
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* Ronald Henry Simes (RAAF) |
(KIA 9Jan42) 5 |
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Arthur Leslie Spurgin (RAF) |
5 |
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Richard Douglas Vanderfield (RAAF) |
5 |
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* Rex Kerslake Wilson (RAF) |
(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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