These are Facts: The Autobiography of Air Marshall Sir Richard Williams, KBE, CB, DSO.Australian War Memorial and Australian Government Publishing Service, 1977 - Biography & Autobiography - 428 pages Describes the author's experiences as a pilot during the 1914-18 War, the Empire Air Training Scheme, as RAAF representative on Combined Chiefs of Staff organisation in Washington, and as Director-General of Civil Aviation. |
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My parents in the 1920s | 14 |
The Bristol Boxkite at the Central Flying School 1914 | 38 |
Aviators Certificate and Wings 1st Course Point Cook 1914 | 62 |
Copyright | |
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