Search Apply 19 Oct 2021 My Air Force Family See submitted stories below 15 Dec 2021 Flight Lieutenant Frank Robertson My father Frank flew Kittyhawks with No.75 Squadron against the Japanese in 1943-4 in New Guinea and the nearby islands and then became an instructor at the Central Flying School at Point Cook, teaching trainees how to fly the plane he really loved - the Spitfire. 02 Dec 2021 My Air Force Family - Flight Lieutenant Francis (Frank) Walker Grosvenor My father’s younger brother, Flight Lieutenant Frank Grosvenor, was a veteran of flying operations. Born in Sydney's inner-west suburb of Marrickville and later living in harbourside Manly, Frank enlisted in the Australian Defence Force aged 18 years and 7 months. 25 Oct 2021 My Air Force Family - Air Commodore Geoffrey William Talbot AFC In 38 years of Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) service my father, Air Commodore Geoffrey William Talbot AFC (Air Force Cross), accumulated more than 7000 flying hours in 75 different aircraft types. 19 Oct 2021 My Air Force Family - Wing Commander John C Griffiths MBE My father, Wing Commander John C Griffiths, MBE, joined the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) from Melbourne in the mid-late 1960s. 12 Oct 2021 My Air Force Family - Flight Lieutenant Kenneth Trevor Glasziou Flight Lieutenant Kenneth Trevor Glasziou is standing far right. My father Ken began training with the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) in Canada and was presented with his wings in October 1941. 28 Sep 2021 My Air Force Family - Ernest Albert Whiting Squadron Leader Ernest Albert Whiting - Far right holding a book. My earliest childhood memories were of RAAF Base Pearce, when my father, then Squadron Leader Ernest Albert Whiting – always known as Bill - was Commanding Officer No. 7 National Service Training Unit. 16 Sep 2021 My Air Force Family - Wing Commander John A. Brady Across his working life, my father, John Brady, served in three ‘Royal’ Air Forces. Two may be easily guessed at, but the third will be a challenge. 16 Sep 2021 My Air Force Family - Flight Lieutenant John Percival Garrard At the outbreak of World War 2 my father John Percival Garrard was teaching at a one-teacher school in Forest, situated in the Otway Ranges in Victoria. He had settled there with his wife Dorothy and young family - Patricia, aged four and John aged two. 16 Sep 2021 My Air Force Family - Arthur John Moline “Happy Jack”, as he was known to his mates in the RAAF (Royal Australian Air Force), was older than most men who joined the war effort. He was 31 by the time he finished training and graduated as a Pilot Officer late in 1941. He missed out by a couple of days being sent to join the Empire Air Training Scheme in Canada. He was due to leave Australia on 9 December 1941, but Pearl Harbour intervened. Pagination 1 2 Next Next page Last Last page
15 Dec 2021 Flight Lieutenant Frank Robertson My father Frank flew Kittyhawks with No.75 Squadron against the Japanese in 1943-4 in New Guinea and the nearby islands and then became an instructor at the Central Flying School at Point Cook, teaching trainees how to fly the plane he really loved - the Spitfire.
02 Dec 2021 My Air Force Family - Flight Lieutenant Francis (Frank) Walker Grosvenor My father’s younger brother, Flight Lieutenant Frank Grosvenor, was a veteran of flying operations. Born in Sydney's inner-west suburb of Marrickville and later living in harbourside Manly, Frank enlisted in the Australian Defence Force aged 18 years and 7 months.
25 Oct 2021 My Air Force Family - Air Commodore Geoffrey William Talbot AFC In 38 years of Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) service my father, Air Commodore Geoffrey William Talbot AFC (Air Force Cross), accumulated more than 7000 flying hours in 75 different aircraft types.
19 Oct 2021 My Air Force Family - Wing Commander John C Griffiths MBE My father, Wing Commander John C Griffiths, MBE, joined the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) from Melbourne in the mid-late 1960s.
12 Oct 2021 My Air Force Family - Flight Lieutenant Kenneth Trevor Glasziou Flight Lieutenant Kenneth Trevor Glasziou is standing far right. My father Ken began training with the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) in Canada and was presented with his wings in October 1941.
28 Sep 2021 My Air Force Family - Ernest Albert Whiting Squadron Leader Ernest Albert Whiting - Far right holding a book. My earliest childhood memories were of RAAF Base Pearce, when my father, then Squadron Leader Ernest Albert Whiting – always known as Bill - was Commanding Officer No. 7 National Service Training Unit.
16 Sep 2021 My Air Force Family - Wing Commander John A. Brady Across his working life, my father, John Brady, served in three ‘Royal’ Air Forces. Two may be easily guessed at, but the third will be a challenge.
16 Sep 2021 My Air Force Family - Flight Lieutenant John Percival Garrard At the outbreak of World War 2 my father John Percival Garrard was teaching at a one-teacher school in Forest, situated in the Otway Ranges in Victoria. He had settled there with his wife Dorothy and young family - Patricia, aged four and John aged two.
16 Sep 2021 My Air Force Family - Arthur John Moline “Happy Jack”, as he was known to his mates in the RAAF (Royal Australian Air Force), was older than most men who joined the war effort. He was 31 by the time he finished training and graduated as a Pilot Officer late in 1941. He missed out by a couple of days being sent to join the Empire Air Training Scheme in Canada. He was due to leave Australia on 9 December 1941, but Pearl Harbour intervened.
