The ‘Flying Porcupines’ that helped sink Hitler

The Anzac Squadron formed in Britain in 1942 is celebrating its 80th anniversary. Marilyn Marrows Voullaire, the daughter of legendary RAAF pilot and Wentworth citrus grower Dudley Marrows, recounts the history of the squadron, famed for damaging and sinking German submarines. AUSTRALIA’S maritime patrol forces in Britain were doubled with the establishment of a new […]

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