The Jet Age: |
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3 Squadron in
Malaysia
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Peter Larard's "Indonesian Confrontation" Mid-air experiences in the mid-1960s! |
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"Flying the RAAF's Avon
Sabre" (F-86) By Barry Weymouth. - With a focus on Airshow Displays. |
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"Mirage Fun" - Some enjoyable 1970s Butterworth cartoons by the very talented Bill Chambers.
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Drew Harrison's "Jet Age"
Paintings. 3SQN from the 1950s to the current day - and beyond! |
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| Mick Hickey recalls a
1985 Mirage Incident
during his Butterworth days.
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Campbell Carroll, 2010: "A Padre's Tale" |
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Australia's
First Air Combat - Lawrence Wackett stars in a dashing tale from the dawn of aviation. |
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Lt. John Clifford Peel, AFC.
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The Sloane family honoured 2/AM Douglas Sloane with a book about his tragically short service with 3 Squadron AFC. He died with pilot Lt. Shapira when their RE8 crashed while transiting from England to France in August 1917. |
1918
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Adrian Hellwig's biography of 2nd Air Mechanic Harold Edwards who made the name-plate for the Red Baron's coffin and was the longest-lived WW1 A.F.C. survivor.  |
| Frank Tarrant's hopeful Letters from the Western Front |
Tom Prince - From Original ANZAC to AFC Observer, 1918. |
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Seven Amazing RE8 Tales 1917/1918 |
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Between the Wars:
3SQN 1920s and 30s History Summary by Neil Smith
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Engine Fitter Val St
Leon's Desert Days, 1941/42. |
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3 Squadron "Foils" the
Enemy Commander's Escape from Syria... |
The Story of Squadron Leader Hickey.
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Harry Clare's interesting
Syria
Campaign photos from mid-1941. |
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Al Rawlinson's vivid description of the loss of Geoff Hiller on 2 December 1941: |
Newspaper Propaganda in 1941 "They should all be decorated" (We agree!) |
Bob Gibbes Describes a Pilot's Fears  |
Granton Harrison flew Buffalo Fighters in Malaya and later Kittyhawks in Italy. He describes his remarkable jungle adventures evading capture by the Japanese, early 1942... |
The Illustrated 1940-41 Diary of Flying Officer Hal ("Robbie") Roberts. (Shot down and captured in Libya.) |
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Bobby Gibbes' extraordinary article: "There's No Glamour in Air Warfare" - Including an original air-combat report from Bir el Gobi - 25 November 1941. |
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The full illustrated
story of: Milne Bay 1942 - The RAAF's "Forgotten Finest Hour" |
Reg Pfeiffer on the Chaos of Retreat... - January 1942. |
 Hauptmann Hans-Joachim Marseille One of the top Luftwaffe aces who brought down several 3 Squadron pilots during the long desert war. |
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Complete 3SQN WW2 History Summary 1942-45 by Neil Smith |
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History Essay: the Pivotal Battle of El Alamein July to November 1942 |
A Medic's Memory
Lane... In 1942-43, Stuart Morris witnessed and photographed some amazing incidents. |
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Reports of Joseph Holder's Death were wildly exaggerated! - Shot down November 1942. |
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"Blackie" and
"Blondie's" War |
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A Knight Bold and Brave - How Harry Knight won his BEM. Tales from 1942 and 1944. |
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George Dumont tells the story of John Parr's 'Resurrection' at Tobruk, 1941. |
Dave Ritchie Wanders the Desert New Year 1943. |
A graphic description of Living Conditions in the Desert. |
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Norm Caldwell Escapes during the German Retreat. Tripoli, January 1943 |
"The Car" - Tom Russell's story of his 1943 trip to Algiers with his mates, once the fighting in Africa was over. |
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Fred Eggleston's Amazing
Escapades |
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John Howell-Price recalls his ride to Algiers in Tom Russell's "hot" Chevvie |
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"The" Me109 ... by Ken McRae. 3 Squadron preserves a valuable Messerschmitt, November 1942. |
Eric Canning in a Mass Escape |
Father Bill Stevens, nephew of Squadron Leader Reg Stevens, on the Personal Meaning of ANZAC Day |
| Low-Level Raid on Magrun. Alan Righetti's daredevil of story the time that he "copped some flak" in November 1942. | Jack Raffen's
Battlefield Grave. Poignant pictures. 30 Dec 1943 |
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Alan
Righetti shoots down Günther Mielenz 30 December 1942. |
3 Squadron's (Captured!) Italian Air Force
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Murray Nash's amazing connection to the Rescue of Mussolini at Mount Sasso in September 1943
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Tom Russell describes some of the Squadron's "black
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| Woof Arthur, a 3 Squadron veteran who went on to lead the fight against the Japanese in New Guinea, 1943. | ||
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Ted Hankey's
13 Days to Freedom |
Peter King Gives a Charitable UK View on the Modern Spirit of ANZAC Day |
10 March 1943 - Rescuing the Free French at Ksar Rhilane, Tunisia |
Geoff Chinchen's "home run" to
Switzerland, 1943: "Bricked-in to Break Out" |
"Blue" Glennan and the Engineering boys, keeping things together in Italy, 1944/45. |
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"Kriegies"
Wal
Hogg and Ken Watts 1944-45. |
Peter Jeffrey Correcting 3 Squadron's Official WWII "Victory Tally" in Air-to-Air Combat. |
Reg Stevens, DFC and Bar. 1943 Valedictions, including a stirring Radio Broadcast and the reasons for his Bad Back... |
The Death of Ray Faria and the
Kindness of Strangers.
Sept. 1944. |
The Three Padres |
| No.3 Squadron and the "Plot to Kill Hitler" |
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Service History and Photos |
Bob Ulrich’s Dalmatian Dogpaddles - Shot down over Yugoslavia in 1944, Bob Ulrich was rescued by a Partisan Patrol Boat - Twice! |
Arthur Pardey - |
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Bruce Burchfield's Cutella Diary 1944. |
David Higgins visits the site where his dad's Mustang was shot down in Italy, April 1945 |
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Dam Busting! - One of 3 Squadron's most exciting missions from Cutella, 1944. |
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"Boxing Day"
- 3 Squadron's P 51 Mustang action against Italian Me109Gs at
Aviano in Northern Italy on 26 December 1944. |
Alan Clark's Lousy Long March - through Yugoslavia in 1945. Lavishly Illustrated.
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Rev Fred McKay's
Letter to Home Folks - Summarising the end of the war in 1945. |
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How the Association Began, 1946. |
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| Bluey Beales "Italian Finale" - 1945 |
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50 years on,
Bob Ulrich receives |
An exciting RAAF air-sea warfare history: "Fighting the U-boats" 1940-45 |
"Are You Dinky Di?" - A humorous look at whether the 2007 Citizenship Test was worth fighting for |
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Dedication of a 3 Squadron Memorial Plaque in London, 2009 |
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