Nice one Kev!!
Not generally known is that around 10% of the population of Australia had joined up and that the ANZAC corps had the highest loss rate of all allied forces during WW1.
Like most towns in britain, Australian & NZ towns all have their memorials, most nameing families that lost more than one member.
My dad had five uncles in France & Belgium (three had fought at Gallipoli), all were wounded (three wounded twice, one gassed). Here’s one of them (top left) with british, canadian, french and aussie friends………….
I often think of those young men and what they put up with.
cheers,
-John
LEST WE FORGET
Nice one Kev!!
Not generally known is that around 10% of the population of Australia had joined up and that the ANZAC corps had the highest loss rate of all allied forces during WW1.
Like most towns in britain, Australian & NZ towns all have their memorials, most nameing families that lost more than one member.
My dad had five uncles in France & Belgium (three had fought at Gallipoli), all were wounded (three wounded twice, one gassed). Here’s one of them (top left) with british, canadian, french and aussie friends………….
I often think of those young men and what they put up with.
cheers,
-John
LEST WE FORGET
Hi,
there was a bit of interest in the rescue of ‘319’ so I thought I’d post some more photos……….. talk about working in adverse conditions!
One of the JATO rockets came off during a take-off attempt from an open camp on New Years Eve 1994 (Deep Freeze 94). No one was injured, and the crew and passengers were back in McMurdo before the night was over. The aircraft was secured and spent 710 days in the open before being repaired and flown out.
Hats off to the USN team that took on and accomplished this job!
cheers,
-John
Still looking for a No. 3 Squadron crest/patch……
The Image at the centre of the badge and the motto is that of a current RAF unit which does have the number 3 in it.
Thanks BIGVERN,
looks like the badge factory put ‘SQUADRON’ instead of ‘FLYING TRAINING SCHOOL’ and sold them off as seconds or something.
I remembered this morning that I had some FTS patches, one turned out to be No.3……… here it is (right) with the ‘mixed up’ one on the left.
cheers,
-John
P.S. Now I’m still looking for a No. 3 SQUADRON crest/patch (I have the wickets patch) Maybe someone knows where to get one?!
Hi Phil,
I have this 1960s USN LC-130F pilot’s baseball cap used by a pilot that flew this particular aircraft……………
‘319’ had an accident in the antactic and was left in the snow for almost two years, it was then repaired and flown out. The aircraft continued to serve in the antarctic for another five years.
The Herc now sits at Davis-Monthan in Arizona, ex-VX-6/VXE-6 squadron members are trying to secure it’s release and have it as a monument to the 50 servicemen who died in Antarctica while working with the unit.
Not really a Christmas post but it has to do with snow and ice!
cheers,
-John
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