Nicky Barr
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Andrew William "Nicky" Barr, was a member of the Australian national rugby union team, who became a fighter ace in the Royal Australian Air Force during World War II. He was credited with 12 aerial vi
Barr during World War II
A RAAF P-40 Tomahawk in North Africa
Barr has his temperature taken by a medical officer following his return to base three days after being shot down behind enemy lines, January 1942.
Barr in London, April 1944
Bobby Gibbes
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Robert Henry Maxwell Gibbes, was an Australian fighter ace of World War II, and the longest-serving wartime commanding officer of No. 3 Squadron RAAF. He was officially credited with 10¼ aerial victor
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…unbridled aggression", so he resolved to treat aerial combat as he would a boxing match and "overcome much better opponents by simply going for them". Bobby Gibbes became No. 3 Squadron's commanding officer in February 1942, and made Barr his senior flight commander. Promoted to flight lieutenant on 1 April, Barr…
Bobby Gibbes, North Africa, c. January 1942
Gibbes (front, left) with fellow pilots in the Middle East including John Jackson (back, left), June 1941; the next month, the two men shared an aerial victory whose credit went to Gibbes on the toss of a coin.
Squadron Leader Gibbes as commanding officer of No. 3 Squadron, North Africa, shortly after being awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross in July 1942
Ground crew service Gibbes's Spitfire "Grey Nurse" on Morotai, Dutch East Indies, in 1945