AUSTRALIA’S FIGHTER ACE
(Received Mav 7. 10 p.m.) SYDNEY. May 7. Wing Commander Clive Caldwell. Australia’s greatest fighter ace. is revealed to have been in action several times against Japanese aircraft in the Darwin area. He led the Spitfires which first went into action over Australian territory on March 2. Caldwell himself shot down two enemy aircraft, bringing the number of his official “kills” to 22j. These were his first kills while operating from his homeland soil. Caldwell, who holds the D.l‘.C. and Bar and a Polish decoration, is the sole surviving member of the famous original Australian squadron of the Spitfire ioiim. which also included the Irishman Ming Commander Finucane and Squadron Lenders Truscott and Thorold-omith.
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Dominion, Volume 36, Issue 190, 8 May 1943, Page 5
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