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Another Spitfire Ace passes on... (Read 137 times)

May 6^th, 2006 at 12:35am

Bazza Offline
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One of New Zealands WW2 heroes recently died, Johnny Checketts.

http://mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp/international/africa-oceania/news/20060424p2g00m0i...

Thought I'd pass it on for you Spitfire Historians...

&&Where's the throttle...?

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Reply #1 - May 6^th, 2006 at 1:25am

ozzy72 Offline
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This is sad news (but 94 is an amazing innings) Sad

I'm just reading another NZ Spitfire aces book at the moment Jack Rae and Johnny features in it quite a bit.

There are two types of aeroplane, Spitfires and everything else that wishes it was a Spitfire!

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Reply #2 - May 6^th, 2006 at 5:35pm

Bazza Offline
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Must confess to having not read the story on Checketts. By my
maths he must have been an old man of 27 (ish) when the war started - a ripe old age considering most of our flyers were mere boys of 19 or so.

&&Where's the throttle...?

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