One of our most famous aces has just died at the grand old age of 96. For much of his Air Force career his aircraft (P-40) were named Waiarapa Wildcat (as per my Avatar). A fair chunk of his Japanese kills came about when he was flying the obsolescent Brewster Buffalo when defending what was left of Sinagapore and Malaya
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