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ASWW1AH Newsletter February 2021 NEWSLETTER ISSUED QUARTERLY FEBRUARY 2021 FREE TO MEMBERS IN THIS EDITION Society news & updates Air mechanic Frank Rawlinson: Ground ops, part 5 ‘Red Falcon’ relics · Abner Gilchrist Dalzell 5 minutes with Michael Molkentin Book reviews · Side slips Cover: Hand-coloured print from the collection of Charles Daniel Pratt, State Library of Victoria. editor’s note Australian Society of WW1 Aero Historians n this edition, we reach the end of Frank Raw- linson’s manuscript and embark unexpectedly patron down a Richthofen rabbit hole. Air Chief Marshal (ret’d) Mark Binskin, AC II was curious as to the relics that Rawlinson sou- office bearers venired, and was able to photograph his correspond- President Gareth Morgan ence with the Australian War Memorial at their Vice President Michael Garside Secretary Des Sheehan Covid-safe research centre in October. About the Liaison Co-ordinator Greg Mullens same time, I came across Aaron Pegram’s excellent Membership Secretary, Treasurer, Librarian Gordon Lasslett article and podcast on the AWM’s ‘Red Falcon’ relics. Webmaster Andrew Smith To complete the Rawlinson picture, I asked permis- Journal Editor Peter Chapman Newsletter Editor Bernard de Broglio sion from the Families and Friends of the First AIF Liaison (Aviation Historical Society of Australia) Paul Ewoldt to reprint a biography of Sergeant Dalzell, mentioned Liaison (Western Front Association) Paul Simadas several times in Frank Rawlinson’s manuscript. The Membership Secretary, Gordon Lasslett The whole shebang is rounded out by a tribute to 38 Woodlands Road, East Lindfield, NSW 2020 Australia air mechanics that I stumbled upon when browsing ww1aero.org.au the Australian Aero Club journal, and a couple of Bertangles photos from Des Sheehan. If that’s not enough 3 Sqn AFC action, news fol- lowed of the AWM digitising Lt William Palstra’s new members diary, plus extracts from another diary, that of Lt ‘Bill’ Heslop, recently commemorated at the Welcome to Neil Eddy (Vic), John Gilder (UK), School of Army Aviation in Queensland. Jim Grundy (UK), Tom Iredale (Germany), Stephen Members are invited to share news, rec- Moore (UK) and Kathryn Shapland (WA). ommendations and photos for the May 2021 newsletter. Deadline is Friday 23 April. Email password the newsletter editor, Bernard de Broglio, at [email protected]. Financial members for 2021 have been emailed the new website password. Let me know if you haven’t received yours. Not renewed for 2021? The Society shop ww1aero. org.au/shop is taking orders 24/7. And while you’re doing that, consider gifting a second membership to a friend or family member. FEBRUARY 2021 ASWW1AH NEWSLETTER PAGE 2 annual general meeting The AGM for 2020, originally to involve members from outside be present. Online presentations scheduled for November, was post- Sydney, the committee chose to with speakers in 2021 will be at poned due to health regulations. hold the AGM online. The time a much more reasonable hour for Given the difficulty of meeting was chosen because it allowed our members in the UK, Europe, in person, and the opportunity all our current office bearers to USA and Canada. Date: Saturday 20 February 2021 3. General Business: Matters of interest from 2 pm Australian Eastern Daylight Saving Time members present. 4 pm New Zealand Standard Time 4. Election of Office Bearers for 2021: 7 pm US Pacific Standard Time Chair/returning officer for election of 8 pm US Mountain Standard Time office bearers: Christine Ewoldt 9 pm US Central Standard Time 10 pm US Eastern Standard Time The following members nominated for the following 10 pm Canada Eastern Standard Time positions on the Executive Committee in 2021. 3 am Coordinated Universal Time (UTC UK) President: Gareth Morgan 4 am Central European Standard Time Vice President: Michael Garside Venue: Online via Zoom on Society’s Zoom Pro Journal Editor: Peter Chapman Account (host Des Sheehan) Newsletter Editor: Bernard de Broglio Webmaster: Andrew Smith Chairman: Gareth Morgan Librarian: Gordon Lasslett 1. Minutes: The Minutes of the Annual General Treasurer and Membership Secretary Meeting of 17 November 2019 are to be Liaison Co-ordinator: Greg Mullens confirmed (attached with this Agenda). Secretary: Des Sheehan 2. Reports by committee members: Committee appointments a. President: Gareth Morgan Liaison with WFA: b. Vice president: Michael Garside Paul Simadas, President WFA c. Journal Editor: Peter Chapman Liaison with AHSA (NSW): d. Newsletter Editor: Bernard de Broglio Paul Ewoldt, President AHSA (NSW) e. Webmaster: Andrew Smith Nominations for positions on the executive f. Western Front Association Liaison: committee may be submitted by email by any Paul Simadas financial member for 2020 and 2021, to the president g. Aviation Historical Society (NSW) Liaison: via the president’s email below at any time prior to Paul Ewoldt 13th February 2021 (that is, 7 days prior to AGM). h. Librarian: Gordon Lasslett [email protected] i. Acting Treasurer, Membership Secretary If you have received this email you are a financial and Secretary: Des Sheehan member for the 2020 and/or 2021 years. Financial Statement for year 2019/2020 to be provided to members via email with final reminder Nominations may also be made at the AGM by any of AGM seven days prior to AGM, and addressed financial member for 2020 and 2021, at any time with report by the acting treasurer at AGM. prior to the election of office bearers. j. Speakers/activities for 2021: Gareth Morgan, Formal election of office bearers will be by way of a Michael Garside and Paul Simadas show of hands on each screen. k. Presentation of 2020 Pat Moy Shield: Declaration of election of office bearers by by Gareth Morgan returning officer: Christine Ewoldt l. Presentation of Mark Lax Award for 2020, for President-elect then chairs meeting and excellence in Journal articles in the past year: formal close of AGM. by Gareth Morgan FEBRUARY 2021 ASWW1AH NEWSLETTER PAGE 3 molkentin on writing ROSS SMITh Michael Molkentin delivered Michael also shared fragments Worthy of note is that three sons the 2020 Eric Watson Memorial of film that Sir Ross Smith and of WW1 pilots were on board: Address in November via Zoom. crew shot on the flight. John Love, Neil Smith and Des He spoke on the writing of his Although the live audience was Sheehan. biography of Sir Ross Smith. small (24 in number) they were If you couldn’t make the talk, The research and family history quite distinguished! Among them or would like to watch it again, that Michael undertook warrants were Air Cmdr Terry van Haren, log in to the members area of the a book on its own, and he told us Col Mark Francis and Trevor website, and look for the record- some of that story. Henshaw dialing in from the UK. ing in the video library. An unknown Australian airman Gareth Morgan writes: This photo has been the subject of some discussion and specula- tion on the Great War Forum: an anonymous Lieutenant pilot in AFC uniform. The photo was taken in Colling- wood, but the date is unknown. I note that he has an AFC shoulder flash, but no medal ribbons, which might suggest it was taken before the Victory and War Medals were awarded. My guess, and no more than a guess, is that he might be returned from Europe or Pales- tine to be stationed in Melbourne, perhaps early in 1919. I’ve shown the photo to David Perkins and Mark Lax, but they couldn’t identify the man. I realise that it’s probably a forlorn hope (to borrow a term from 17th/18th Century military terminology), but I thought that I’d circulate the image just in case someone has seen it before, or can recognise the man concerned. It’d be good to give him a name. FEBRUARY 2021 ASWW1AH NEWSLETTER PAGE 4 awm digitisation program for raaf centenary On 31 March 2021, the Royal Australian Air Force will mark 100 years of service to Australia. To mark the occasion the Australian War Memorial is pub- lishing a selection of historic records related to RAAF service throughout the centenary. The diaries of Lieutenant William Palstra MC (pictured left) are the first fruits of the Memorial’s digitisation program. Lt Palstra was awarded a Military Cross for action at the Battle of Messines in 1917 while serving with the 39th Battalion, AIF. After flying training in England, he joined No. 3 Squadron AFC in May 1918. Palstra was killed when British airship R101 crashed in 1930. Excerpts of the diaries are given in a blog post on the AWM website, and you can access the complete record (24 pages) in their catalogue: 1DRL/0538. Perhaps a member would like to transcribe the accounts for the newsletter, or write an article with additional context for the journal? raaf centenary coin The first coin struck in 2021 cele- brated the centenary of the Royal Australian Air Force. The design features an S.E.5a alongside an Orion and F-35. The RAAF YouTube channel has a short video with Chief of Air Force Air Marshal Mel Hupfeld, who did the honours. Collectable proof coins are available from the Royal Austral- ian Mint’s online shop. Unfor- tunately, they’re not circulating coins, so no chance of finding an S.E amongst your shrapnel. FEBRUARY 2021 ASWW1AH NEWSLETTER PAGE 5 Vale Bob Casari Colin Owers writes: Bob Casari (29 August 1926— 4 November 2020) was well known for his massive, author- itative work American Military Aircraft 1908–1919 published by Aeronaut Press, as well as the many articles he published over the years on the American effort to manufacture aircraft in WWI.
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