AUGUST 2025 NEWSLETTER NUMBER 280

In this Newsletter, on the eve of 80 years since the end of WWII, we pay tribute and honour more of our heroes who paid the ultimate sacrifice: Andrew CONDIE, Philip CRITTENDEN, Peter HAMILTON, Thomas JACKSON, David FAWKES and Harold STANLEY.

VALE to Co-President John Herbert 'Bert' O'Leary, a  great Australian.

The photo and artwork exhibit the tremendous skill and bravery of the Wellington crews, that of very low flying.

The Sgt George Leslie Cook story, Anzac Day debriefs/reflections.......these and much more described in Newsletter #280.

Many thanks to our Contributors and Flight Correspondents for their fine work, including Claire Dujardin from Belgium, Adam and Cate Wagstaffe from Canada, Keith Wilkinson and Nigel Cook from the UK, Brett Taylor from Queensland and others.