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Did you know... that Servaas Theron, a World War II fighter pilot, landed next to a stranded aircraft and siphoned fuel from his plane so that they could both fly away?
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... that Servaas Theron, a WWII fighter pilot, landed next to a stranded aircraft and siphoned fuel from his plane so that they could both fly away? Aces High:Shores and Hurricane Aces: Thomas
ALT1:... that Servaas Theron was a figher pilot in both World War II and the Korean War? Aces High:Shores
CommentBuidhe I have removed the stub tag as although it is short it does demonstrate notability. Notability is established by virtue of his being a fighter ace - a criteria accepted and used by WP:MILHIST
Gbawden (
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07:07, 28 May 2020 (UTC)reply
IF it were generally accepted it would be part of
WP:SOLDIER, but discussions to that effect did not find consensus to add it. Anyway, the nom is approved. buidhe07:18, 28 May 2020 (UTC)reply
Reference mis-spelled
Reference 2 is described thus: "Thomas, Andrew (2003). Hurrican Aces 1941 -1945. Osprey. p. 61. ISBN 978-1841766102."
The "Hurrican" of course should read "Hurricane", as a glance at the Osprey publication on Google books reveals. However, I cannot edit the reference list, possibly because of a hidden category in operation, and in the absence of discussion will not edit it. But it is clearly wrong, and that should not happen in a "Did you know?" headliner.
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