I started this thread to alert people to Rememberance Day and to remember all those young servicemen and women who died - not to debate whether or not we should have been there or not. It is for the Government of the day to decide. That is a separate issue. In particular, I alerted people to this day to remember young Aircrew who were killed in war, many in their early 20's. As Pprune is about flying I thought these flyers should be remembered .
WWI saw the Australian Flying Corps lose pilots. In WWII, the RAAF had many killed in Europe, the Middle East and the Pacific. The Korean War saw RAAF pilots flying Mustangs and Meteors killed, as well as RAN pilots flying Sea Furies off HMAS SYDNEY losing their lives to action. In the Vietnam War the RAAF lost aircrew (buried recently) in Canberra Bombers and the RAN lost 5 aircrew flying with the 135th Helicopter Assault Group.
In WWII, many of these young aircrew flew four-engined aircraft in IMC, Night Flying and under enemy fire with less hours than most now have on singles. I asked to just remember them.
Last edited by fence_post; 14th November 2009 at 06:14.