Australian platoon scout team (Pacific) WM-2-10-2025 making Ace with five aerial

making Ace with five aerial victories in his first four engagements

such as the 17 pounder

His flying career was unremarkable until in 1943 when he shot down two Curtiss P-40 Warhawks

with a brace of medium machine guns

the Dutch East Indies

Australian platoon scout team (Pacific) WM-2-10-2025 making Ace with five aerialJapanese ambushes required a change in tactics to the desert fighting experienced so far. Instead of having the majority of a platoons sections up front, the Australians learnt to hold their platoons main strength in reserve until the enemy revealed himself. The forward scouts led the way for their platoon, risking death at any moment, this job was rotated regularly to make sure the scouts were always alert. Models supplied unassembled and unpainted