John Lloyd Waddy
Senior Royal Australian Air Force officer
Born on: December 16, 1916Died on: September 11, 1987
Aged: 70 years 269 days (848 months)
Birth Sign: Sagittarius
John Lloyd Waddy, was a senior officer and aviator in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), and later served as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly and as a minister in the New South Wales government.
As a fighter pilot during World War II, he shot down 15 enemy aircraft during the North African campaign, becoming one of Australia's top-scoring aces and earning the Distinguished Flying Cross.
Waddy went on to command No. 80 Squadron in the South West Pacific, where he was awarded the US Air Medal.
He was one of eight senior pilots who took part in the "Morotai Mutiny" of April 1945.
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