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"LIFETIMES" ...

TRIBUTES TO HEREOS 

1. On 26 February 2004, 3 Squadron Association helped to pay tribute to one of its members, Dick Hickson. Dick served with the squadron during the Desert War days and was President of the Association between 1986 and 1988. Dick's life is such an interesting study of fine achievements and personable contributions to Australia's past that we print the Eulogy delivered by his daughter, Jill, at his funeral.     Click here to read it and view some of Dick's WWII pictures.

2. This article covers the story of 3 Squadron’s early days in the Western Desert. It is an edited version of a rare and authentic oral history spoken by an extraordinary man-on-the-spot who witnessed it all. The man is Val St Leon who joined 3 Squadron as a Fitter 2E but, in 1976, was the Captain who piloted the Qantas Boeing 747 which flew the entire 3 Squadron out of Butterworth and back to Sydney.

3. For keen followers of World War 1 aircraft, here is a page that, whilst it isn't about 3 Squadron, it has some authentic and extra-ordinary aircraft pictures taken in 1917-18 by a RNAS man, Captain Harold Watson whilst he was a Navy pilot, specialising in experimental flying from various WW1 ships.