No. 452 Squadron RAAF
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No. 452 Squadron is a Royal Australian Air Force air traffic control unit. It was established in 1941 as a fighter squadron, in accordance with Article XV of the Empire Air Training Scheme during Worl
No. Squadron Badge of No. 452 Squadron
No. 452 Squadron pilots posing with a Spitfire at Kirton-in-Lindsey
No. 452 Squadron Spitfire aircraft near Morotai in late 1944
Paddy Finucane
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Wing Commander Brendan Eamonn Fergus Finucane,, known as Paddy Finucane among his colleagues, was an Irish Second World War Royal Air Force fighter pilot and flying ace—defined as an aviator credited
No. 452 Squadron RAAF
…first commander was also from the RAF, Squadron Leader Roy Dutton, a veteran of the Battle of Britain, as were the flight leaders: Flight Lieutenants Paddy Finucane, an Irish flying ace who had also flown in the Battle of Britain, and Graham Douglas. Although nominally an Australian unit while it was in Europe, No…
Finucane in his Spitfire with the shamrock motif on the fuselage.
The Hawker Hart, on which Finucane trained.
Finucane (left) and Keith Truscott after a successful sortie, October 1941