Wilfred Arthur
Wilfred Stanley Arthur, DSO, DFC (7 Desember 1919 – 23 Desember 2000) adalah seorang penerbang ulung dan perwira senior Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) pada Perang Dunia II. Umum disebut "Woof",[1][2] and terkadang "Wolf" atau "Wulf",[3][4] ia resmi dikenal karena sepuluh kemenangan udara. Sebagai komandan, ia memimpin formasi-formasi penyerang di tingkat skuadron dan sayap, menjadikannya kapten grup termuda pada usia 24 tahun dalam sejarah RAAF.
Catatan
[sunting | sunting sumber]- ^ Alexander, "Cleaning the augean stables"
- ^ Newton, Clash of Eagles, p. 59
- ^ Waters, Valiant Youth, extract cited at 3 Squadron Association Official Site Diarsipkan 2019-02-22 di Wayback Machine.. Retrieved 11 October 2007.
- ^ Wilson, The Brotherhood of Airmen, pp. 81, 127
Referensi
[sunting | sunting sumber]- No. 78 Wing Headquarters. "Operations Record Book". RAAF Unit History sheets (Form A50). National Archives of Australia.[pranala nonaktif permanen]
- Alexander, Kristen (2004). ""Cleaning the augean stables". The Morotai Mutiny?". Sabretache. Military Historical Society of Australia.
- Arthur, Wilfred; Stokes, Ed (11 August 1989). "Arthur, Wilfred Stanley" (PDF). The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45. Australian War Memorial. S00731.
- Garrisson, A.D. (1999). Australian Fighter Aces 1914–1953. Fairbairn, Australian Capital Territory: Air Power Studies Centre. ISBN 0-642-26540-2.
- Herington, John (1954). Australia in the War of 1939–1945: Series Three (Air) Volume III – Air War Against Germany and Italy 1939–1943. Canberra: Australian War Memorial. OCLC 3633363.
- Johnston, Mark (2011). Whispering Death: Australian Airmen in the Pacific War. Crows Nest, New South Wales: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 9781741759013.
- Newton, Dennis (1996). Clash of Eagles. Kenthurst, New South Wales: Kangaroo Press. ISBN 0-86417-793-3.
- Odgers, George (1968) [1957]. Australia in the War of 1939–1945: Series Three (Air) Volume II – Air War Against Japan, 1943–1945. Canberra: Australian War Memorial. OCLC 11218821.
- Odgers, George (1984). The Royal Australian Air Force: An Illustrated History. Brookvale, New South Wales: Child & Henry. ISBN 0-86777-368-5.
- Stephens, Alan (2006) [2001]. The Royal Australian Air Force: A History. London: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-555541-4.
- Thomas, Andrew (2002). Gloster Gladiator Aces. Oxford: Osprey. ISBN 978-1-84176-289-0.
- Thomas, Andrew (2003). Hurricane Aces 1941–45. Oxford: Osprey. ISBN 978-1-84176-610-2.
- Thomas, Andrew (2005). Tomahawk and Kittyhawk Aces of the RAF and Commonwealth. Oxford: Osprey. ISBN 978-1-84176-083-4.
- Wilson, David (2002). Seek and Strike: 75 Squadron RAAF 1942–2002. Maryborough, Queensland: Banner. ISBN 1-875593-23-3.
- Wilson, David (2005). The Brotherhood of Airmen. Crows Nest, New South Wales: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-74114-333-0.