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Geoff Fisken Commonwealth Ace passes away
chris1
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Auckland, New Zealand
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Posted: Tuesday, June 14, 2011 - 12:55 PM UTC
Hi All
Just saw in Todays paper that Geoff Fisken the highest scoring commonwealth ace in the Pacific passed away at the age of 96.

Most famously he flew the P-40 Wairarapa Wild Cat .
More info just follow the link:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_Fisken

Chris
vonHengest
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Posted: Thursday, June 16, 2011 - 02:33 PM UTC
Wow, rest in peace good sir. That was a brutal theatre from what little I know

Thanks for sharing Chris.
Firefly74
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Posted: Wednesday, June 22, 2011 - 10:08 PM UTC
Sad to hear of his passing.
I remember building a 1:72 scale kit with some kiwi decals I ordered somewhere of his P40 aircraft when I was a young lad.
Tim
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