2021 Heroes of the Sky : Centenary of the Royal Australian Air Force

2021 Heroes of the Sky : Centenary of the Royal Australian Air Force

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2021 Heroes of the Sky : Centenary of the Royal Australian Air Force

2021 Heroes of the Sky : Centenary of the Royal Australian Air Force

$39.99
Sale price  $39.99 Regular price 

In WWII, Len Waters enlisted in the RAAF on 24 August 1942.

Training first as a flight mechanic, he was later accepted for pilot training.

Posted to 78 Squadron RAAF, he served in the South-West Pacific Area in 1944-45, first at Noemfoor and then Morotai and Tarakan in what is now Indonesia.

Flying a Kittyhawk P-40N fighter serendipitously named Black Magic, he made 41 strike missions against fortified Japanese positions, and another 54 operational flights.

The Set Contains 4 $1 uncirculated coins with C, B, M & S privy marks.

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