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Old 22nd May 2018, 13:42
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Re: Curtiss P-40 top ten ace list

Correct date of birth: 28th July, 1910.
Faked date of birth not given by either source, but there are two stories:

Stewart Wilson said he discharged from the RAAF when he discovered that his intake were going to be instructors. Re-enlisted ANZAC Day, 1940.

Kirsten Alexander, his biographer and an acquaintance of mine wrote that he was judged too old for fighter pilot training and THAT was the source of his re-enlistment. She gives a call-up date of 27 May, 1940 and an arrival at initial training commencement of 10 June 1940.

Sources: Spitfire, Mustang and Kittyhawk in Australian Service by Stewart Wilson, Aerospace Publications, 1988

Clive Caldwell, Air Ace by Kristen Alexander

Here is the listing for the former publication in ABE books

https://www.abebooks.com/products/is...&afn_sr=impact

Here is the listing for the book depository for the latter publication, it is out of stock, mind you:

https://www.bookdepository.com/Clive...9000147&sr=1-1
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