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Post by corsair5517 on Oct 15, 2024 20:18:28 GMT 12
I can’t remember if I’ve shared this or not, so here it is again, if I have!!  IMG_1830 by John Stokes, on Flickr |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Oct 15, 2024 21:28:44 GMT 12
Here is a clearer version of that photo from the AFMNZ. PR5237 Informal group of No. 15 Squadron pilots with a Corsair. Green Island.  |
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Post by corsair5517 on Oct 15, 2024 22:52:03 GMT 12
Good work, that man!! Thanks for that, Dave…
You know, I’ve made contact with three families and shared what I have with them - Hugh Hamiltons’, Charlie Morrisons’ and, of course, Andy Shanks’ daughter, Debi.. which pleases me no end as the families only had the faintest idea as to what their father/grandfather was doing in 1945…
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Post by Dave Homewood on Oct 15, 2024 22:54:49 GMT 12
Good stuff John. Do Hugh Hamilton's or Charlie Morrison's families have their logbooks? I have a copy of Andy's thanks to Debi. She is an awesome lady.
You should send those names through to Matthew O'Sullivan at the museum as he does not have them on the photo.
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Post by corsair5517 on Oct 15, 2024 23:39:23 GMT 12
I think Charlie’s is at the Museum in Chch with other bits and bobs of his gear… including the pistol grip from the Corsairs’ control column!! He flew one back from Bougainville - Rukuhia…
Not sure about the Hamilton logbook; I’ll contact Hugh’s son and ask…
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Post by Dave Homewood on Oct 16, 2024 0:10:29 GMT 12
Thanks.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Oct 16, 2024 10:06:55 GMT 12
Woodward's full name was Francis Kenneth Woodward.
Buster Egginton's full name was Leslie William Francis Egginton.
Mac MacReady (sic) was Noel William McCready.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Oct 16, 2024 10:08:45 GMT 12
It's interesting that in both versions of the photo above, Harry Collins seems to have a goatee beard.  |
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Post by davidd on Oct 16, 2024 12:23:57 GMT 12
He certainly does seem!! I think it IS a beard (unless he drew it on with some dark substance! Highly unlikely).
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Post by Dave Homewood on Oct 16, 2024 12:31:31 GMT 12
A few airmen did grow beards in WWII, but this is the first time I have ever seen a goatee beard on one.
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Post by camtech on Oct 16, 2024 19:27:50 GMT 12
Some were allowed to grow a beard to cover a facial scar or injury.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Oct 16, 2024 22:45:20 GMT 12
I am sure chits were given to stop shaving if they'd developed tropical sores too.
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Post by corsair5517 on Oct 17, 2024 17:37:17 GMT 12
Woodward's full name was Francis Kenneth Woodward. Buster Egginton's full name was Leslie William Francis Egginton. Mac MacReady (sic) was Noel William McCready. Bloody excellent!! Thanks Dave! Though I only ever knew Buster, as ‘Buster’, eh!! I have a sneaking suspicion that FK Woodward was known as Ken… I might be wrong, but that’s a faint memory of a conversation with Dad many uears ago… There’s 4 question marks in there; can anyone help??? I wonder if Pete McKinley, Ken Otter and Keith Wakefield might be some of the missing nmes??? |
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