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  Posted by rafffles (U2381840) on Wednesday, 2nd November 2005

  Hi, My husband is a retired pilot , 65 years old and has very little to occupy his mind apart from reading, he is very keen on spifire planes and I would like him to get involved with others who have the same interests, he is also very interested in world war one, he was in the RAF as a pilot and saw action in Aden, is there anyone out there who would like to chat with him? also is there any other british airways retired Pilots on this site who may know him Captain Rick Free? we live in east sussex, hope to hear from you soon, Raffles. ps, he is going to kill me if he finds out I did this but he will thank me in the end !

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  Posted by DL (U1683040) on Thursday, 3rd November 2005

  Hi there Raffles,
  
  There are already a fair few ex-servicemen posting regularly on this board (myself included) although I am not aware of any RAF pilots, but there are several ex-Army and Navy people on here! Your husbands contributions would naturally be welcomed!
  
  All the best,
  DL

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  Posted by TonyG (U1830405) on Thursday, 3rd November 2005

  I have never been in the Services, but my father was in the RAF during WW2 (groundcrew, not a pilot) in a Spitfire squadron and I have always had a love for all things to do with military aviation.
  
  WW1 is one of my favourite areas too. When I was younger, I read every book I could lay my hands on about WW1 aviation. I might be a bit rusty on the details now, but I'd welcome any discussion about WW1 flying.
  
  Please do encourage your husband to sign up and join in.
  
  In fact, here is a starter for a discussion. Why is Raymond Collishaw so little known as a WW1 fighter ace? It can't be because he is Canadian as Billy Bishop was far more famous, and he was Canadian too.

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  Posted by jonhar_99 (U2364898) on Friday, 4th November 2005

  Yes indeed, see www.constable.ca/colishaw.htm

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  Posted by Turnwrest (U2188092) on Friday, 4th November 2005

  Could it be cos Collishaw was ex-RNAS and most of the RAF top brass were ex-RFC? Also he was deeply involved in the Interventions in Russia (see "The day we almost bombed Moscow") and that became unpopular?
  
  Re Other Half - many Air Museums etc. like ex-pilots etc. as guides. If there are any in your area, they'd probably welcome him with open arms.
  
  
  

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  Posted by TonyG (U1830405) on Friday, 4th November 2005

  Yes indeed, see www.constable.ca/colishaw.htm Β 
  
  That's a very interesting biog of Collishaw. I had not realised that he claimed 81 victories. If they had all been awarded, as the writer implies, due to the RFC's less stringent rules, that would have made him the war's official highest scoring pilot.

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  Posted by the_other (U2402568) on Friday, 4th November 2005

  im 51 in usa and never been in military
  
  i am reading a book he may like called the evader by harry dolph

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  Posted by the_other (U2402568) on Friday, 4th November 2005

  its on amazon.com in usa

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