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THESE MEMENTOS AND ARTWORKS RELATE TO 3 SQUADRON HISTORY
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This relic is a section of plywood cut out from the leading edge of one of the wings of THE RED BARON's Fokker DRl triplane on 22 April 1918 at 3 Squadron's areodrome at Poulainville near Amiens in France. |
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"PYANCUS" ... a mythical pre-historic character dreamt up, and carved into a walking stick from the broken propeller of an RE8, by Lieut. James (Lee) Smith, DFC, in 1918. As he had a limp, due to one leg being shorter than the other after a motorbike accident in 1913, he used the stick as an aid to walking. |
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Maps like this, mounted on 3 ply, were typically standard cockpit-aids used by RE8 pilots for navigation reconnaissance flights over enemy sectors (e.g. sector ED). |
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During WWll, illustrated comic stories about war heroes were often published by "The Argus", a Melbourne newspaper. |
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The following week, 13 November 1943, another story appeared in "The Argus" describing the way Reg Stevens rose from the ranks to become Commanding Officer of the Squadron. |
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This is an authentic Me 109 gun-sight, complete with all attachments, which pilot FLTLT Tom Russell was able to quickly secure after 3 Squadron had occupied the landing ground at El Daba shortly after the ground had been hurriedly vacated by the Luftwaffe. The gun-sight is housed within a neatly fabricated case and it is stamped REVI C/12DV (Vorrat). Its production date was 1/5/1942. It had never been fitted to a Me 109 ... obviously a spare part. Nevertheless, under simulated power, it works perfectly and well demonstrates how the Luftwaffe's Me109's aligned their "ring and bead" gun-sights onto our own aircraft. |
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This plaque has been laid at the War Memorial in Canberra, ACT, Australia to commemorate the proud history of 3 Squadron. |
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The contents of a TIME-CAPSULE which contains these mementoes of the Squadron's past. |
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In October 2001, photos of Arthur Pardey's "clifted" flag, with insignia sewn on it, were published. Brian Griffin, a relative of Brian Thompson, DFM, an ex 3 Squadron D.A.F. pilot, has identified each emblem. |
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His wife Nan, and her family, display The Collection in their Folklore Gallery at 177 Sixteenth Street, Renmark, South Australia, 5341. |
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"I paint skins for flight simulator models as a hobby. I've done a couple of Mustangs (Mk. III & IV.) in 3 Squadron RAAF markings. Some of the visitors to your site might be interested in downloading them (they are freeware). If they have MS Combat Flight Simulator 3 on their hard drive and would like to change the stock Yank colours on the Mustangs to something more Aussie, they might be interested. My site 'Commonwealth Aircraft Corp. for CFS3' has the address: |
Here's something for the model-makers from Will Hunter (e-mail to: willhunter @ aol7.com.au ) |