Curtiss P-40 top ten ace list

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Originally Posted by BruceMk11

Caldwell's invented DOB: 28/7/1911. This can be seen in his digitised service file (p 25) at the NAA.

Good evening Bruce,

thanks for your answer.
Have you noticed that wikipedia tells the story about the fake but nonetheless indicates the faked date of birth in the parentheses and in the profile ? ;-)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clive_Caldwell
It surprises me that one year made the difference between being accepted into fighter training and not being accepted.

Have a nice Thursday,

Michael