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Blurb review

Any comments or changes for this suggested TFA blurb? (The first sentence will have only "(1917–1950)" if the blurb doesn't run on one of those dates.) - Dank (push to talk) 21:45, 25 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Lou Spence (4 April 1917 – 9 September 1950) was a fighter pilot and squadron commander in the Royal Australian Air Force. In 1941 during World War II, he was posted to North Africa with No. 3 Squadron, which operated P-40 Tomahawks and Kittyhawks; he was credited with shooting down two German aircraft, earning the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC). He commanded No. 452 Squadron in 1944, flying Supermarine Spitfires in defence of Australia's North-Western Area against the Japanese, and received a Mention in Despatches. In February 1950 he took command of No. 77 Squadron, operating P-51 Mustangs as part of the British Commonwealth Occupation Force in Japan. He led No. 77 Squadron in the opening months of the Korean War, and was awarded a bar to his DFC, as well as the US Legion of Merit and the US Air Medal, for his leadership. Spence was killed during a low-level mission over South Korea in September 1950. (Full article...)