Australian Flying Aces - Australian World War II Flying Aces, Australian World War I Flying Aces, Hudson Fysh, Roderic Dallas, George Jones (Paperback)


Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 275. Not illustrated. Chapters: Australian World War Ii Flying Aces, Australian World War I Flying Aces, Hudson Fysh, Roderic Dallas, George Jones, Arthur Henry Cobby, Adrian Cole, John Lloyd Waddy, Stanley Goble, Alexander Pentland, Raymond Brownell, Cedric Howell, Thomas Baker, Clive Caldwell, Peter Roy Maxwell Drummond, Elwyn King, Roy Phillipps, Richard Minifie, Robert A. Little, Charles Crombie, Charles Scherf, Les Holden, Arthur Coningham, Bobby Gibbes, Russell Foskett, Virgil Brennan, Paterson Clarence Hughes, Andrew Cowper, Adrian Goldsmith, Nicky Barr, List of World War Ii Aces From Australia, Richard Hillary, Keith Truscott, John Edwin Ashley Williams, Tony Gaze, Francis Smith, Ross Macpherson Smith, Fred Parkinson Holliday, Edgar Mccloughry, Carrick Paul, John Rutherford Gordon, Basil Blackett, Paul Mcginness, Edgar Johnston, Ernest Davies, Allan Hepburn. Excerpt: Sir Wilmot Hudson Fysh KBE, DFC (7 January 1895 6 April 1974) was an Australian aviator and businessman. A founder of the Australian airline company Qantas, Fysh was born in Launceston, Tasmania. Serving in the Battle of Gallipoli and Palestine Campaign as a lieutenant of the Australian Light Horse Brigade, Fysh later became an observer and gunner to Paul McGinness in the AFC. He was awarded a Distinguished Flying Cross during the aftermath of the war for his services to aerial warfare. Fysh, alongside Paul McGinness and Fergus McMaster started Qantas in 1920. Despite government ownership, Fysh became managing director and chairman of Qantas. A committee member of the International Air Transport Association, he later became president of the organisation. He was also one of the founders of the Australian National Travel Association, now known as the Australian Tourist Commission, a member of the Royal Aeronautical and British Interplanetary society, the Instit...

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 275. Not illustrated. Chapters: Australian World War Ii Flying Aces, Australian World War I Flying Aces, Hudson Fysh, Roderic Dallas, George Jones, Arthur Henry Cobby, Adrian Cole, John Lloyd Waddy, Stanley Goble, Alexander Pentland, Raymond Brownell, Cedric Howell, Thomas Baker, Clive Caldwell, Peter Roy Maxwell Drummond, Elwyn King, Roy Phillipps, Richard Minifie, Robert A. Little, Charles Crombie, Charles Scherf, Les Holden, Arthur Coningham, Bobby Gibbes, Russell Foskett, Virgil Brennan, Paterson Clarence Hughes, Andrew Cowper, Adrian Goldsmith, Nicky Barr, List of World War Ii Aces From Australia, Richard Hillary, Keith Truscott, John Edwin Ashley Williams, Tony Gaze, Francis Smith, Ross Macpherson Smith, Fred Parkinson Holliday, Edgar Mccloughry, Carrick Paul, John Rutherford Gordon, Basil Blackett, Paul Mcginness, Edgar Johnston, Ernest Davies, Allan Hepburn. Excerpt: Sir Wilmot Hudson Fysh KBE, DFC (7 January 1895 6 April 1974) was an Australian aviator and businessman. A founder of the Australian airline company Qantas, Fysh was born in Launceston, Tasmania. Serving in the Battle of Gallipoli and Palestine Campaign as a lieutenant of the Australian Light Horse Brigade, Fysh later became an observer and gunner to Paul McGinness in the AFC. He was awarded a Distinguished Flying Cross during the aftermath of the war for his services to aerial warfare. Fysh, alongside Paul McGinness and Fergus McMaster started Qantas in 1920. Despite government ownership, Fysh became managing director and chairman of Qantas. A committee member of the International Air Transport Association, he later became president of the organisation. He was also one of the founders of the Australian National Travel Association, now known as the Australian Tourist Commission, a member of the Royal Aeronautical and British Interplanetary society, the Instit...

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September 2010

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978-1-157-77343-6

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9781157773436

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