Thread: Surviving "Famous" Heroes
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Old 23-09-2007, 01:54 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Bobby Gibbes, former 3 Sqn Sqn Ldr etc, died earlier this year. Certainly one of the most famous Aussie fighter pilots. Another of my heroes, Nicky Barr, died last year or 2005. He was also a 3 Sqn vet.
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Aircraft from No. 60 Squadron levelling out for the "run in" to make a mast-head attack on a Japanese coaster off Akyab. Courtesy AWM.
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