Len Waters – The Missing Man: Mildura’s first Aboriginal fighter pilot’s brush with doom

Len Waters during his time at 78 Squadron. Picture: Australian War Memorial
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Edited extract from The Missing Man – Part Two, Chapter 11: The Thrill of It, pages 91-98 ON 17 August 1944, Waters arrived at Mildura for the final step in his training: conversion to Kitty­hawks.  The initial training focused on dive-bombing, strafing, aero­batics and dogfighting. This involved two aircraft approaching each other head-on and, once passing, […]

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