Thread: Men who achieved ace status whilst based on Australian shores??
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Old 9th July 2007, 09:54
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Re: Men who achieved ace status whilst based on Australian shores??
Hi,

Following pilots reached at least 5 victories flying Spitfires in NW Australia:
Clive Caldvell, 1 Wing RAAF had at least 7 perhaps 8 confirmed destroyed.
Eric M. Gibbs, 54 Sqn RAF had 5 and a shared confirmed destroyed plus 5 damaged
Robert W. Foster, 54 Sqn RAF had 5 confirmed and 2 probably destroyed plus 2 damaged

There were also some USAAC fighter pilots that reached similar scores in NW Australia.

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Peter
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