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- Nicky_Barr abstract "Andrew William "Nicky" Barr, OBE, MC, DFC and Bar (10 December 1915 – 12 June 2006) was a member of the Australian national rugby union team who became a fighter ace in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) during World War II. He was credited with twelve aerial victories, all scored flying the Curtiss P-40 fighter. Born in New Zealand, Barr was raised in Victoria and first represented the state in rugby in 1936. Selected to play for Australia against the United Kingdom in 1939, he had just arrived in England when the tour was cancelled following the outbreak of war. He joined the RAAF in 1940 and was posted to North Africa with No. 3 Squadron in September 1941. The squadron's highest-scoring ace, he attained his first three victories in the P-40D Tomahawk and the remainder in the P-40E Kittyhawk.Barr's achievements as a combat pilot earned him the Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar. Shortly after taking command of No. 3 Squadron in May 1942, he was shot down and captured by Axis forces, and incarcerated in Italy. He escaped and assisted other Allied fugitives to safety, receiving for his efforts the Military Cross, a rare honour for an RAAF pilot. Repatriated to England, he saw action during the invasion of Normandy in June 1944 before returning to Australia as chief instructor with No. 2 Operational Training Unit. After the war he became a company director, and rejoined the RAAF as an active reserve officer from 1951 to 1953. From the early 1960s he was heavily involved in the oilseed industry, for which he was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1983. He died in 2006, aged ninety.".
- Nicky_Barr alias "Andrew William Barr".
- Nicky_Barr allegiance "Australia".
- Nicky_Barr award Distinguished_Flying_Cross_(United_Kingdom).
- Nicky_Barr award Military_Cross.
- Nicky_Barr award Order_of_the_British_Empire.
- Nicky_Barr battle European_theatre_of_World_War_II.
- Nicky_Barr battle Mediterranean_and_Middle_East_theatre_of_World_War_II.
- Nicky_Barr battle North_African_Campaign.
- Nicky_Barr battle Operation_Overlord.
- Nicky_Barr battle South_West_Pacific_theatre_of_World_War_II.
- Nicky_Barr birthDate "1915-12-10".
- Nicky_Barr birthPlace Wellington.
- Nicky_Barr birthYear "1915".
- Nicky_Barr deathDate "2006-06-12".
- Nicky_Barr deathPlace Gold_Coast,_Queensland.
- Nicky_Barr deathPlace Queensland.
- Nicky_Barr deathYear "2006".
- Nicky_Barr militaryBranch Royal_Australian_Air_Force.
- Nicky_Barr militaryUnit No._23_Squadron_RAAF.
- Nicky_Barr militaryUnit No._2_Operational_Conversion_Unit_RAAF.
- Nicky_Barr militaryUnit No._3_Squadron_RAAF.
- Nicky_Barr serviceStartYear "1940".
- Nicky_Barr thumbnail AWM_MEA1372_Nicky_Barr.jpg?width=300.
- Nicky_Barr viafId "56111991".
- Nicky_Barr wikiPageExternalLink s00939_tran.pdf.
- Nicky_Barr wikiPageID "5571803".
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- Nicky_Barr after "Squadron Leader Bobby Gibbes".
- Nicky_Barr align "left".
- Nicky_Barr align "right".
- Nicky_Barr allegiance "Australia".
- Nicky_Barr alternativeNames "Andrew William Barr".
- Nicky_Barr awards Distinguished_Flying_Cross_(United_Kingdom).
- Nicky_Barr awards Medal_bar.
- Nicky_Barr awards Military_Cross.
- Nicky_Barr awards Order_of_the_British_Empire.
- Nicky_Barr battles "World War II *Middle Eastern theatre *North African Campaign *European theatre *Normandy Campaign *South West Pacific theatre".
- Nicky_Barr before "Squadron Leader Bobby Gibbes".
- Nicky_Barr birthDate "1915-12-10".
- Nicky_Barr birthPlace "Wellington, New Zealand".
- Nicky_Barr branch Royal_Australian_Air_Force.
- Nicky_Barr caption ""Nicky" Barr during World War II".
- Nicky_Barr dateOfBirth "1915-12-10".
- Nicky_Barr dateOfDeath "2006-06-12".
- Nicky_Barr deathDate "2006-06-12".
- Nicky_Barr deathPlace "Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia".
- Nicky_Barr hasPhotoCollection Nicky_Barr.
- Nicky_Barr laterwork "Company director".
- Nicky_Barr name "Andrew William "Nicky" Barr".
- Nicky_Barr name "Barr, Nicky".
- Nicky_Barr nickname ""Nicky"".
- Nicky_Barr placeOfBirth "Wellington, New Zealand".
- Nicky_Barr placeOfDeath "Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia".
- Nicky_Barr quote "...it had two guns firing from the cockpit and four – two in each wing – to augment it. And I liked very much indeed the loading of the guns when one took off. There was a closeness to combat which seemed to help me with my make-up, the smell of cordite in the cockpit was particularly helpful to me; I really felt that I was at a war.".
- Nicky_Barr quote "I was not very proud of the things that I was called upon to do. Nonetheless, I accepted the fact that some people have to do the killing. But when you are recruited, it's not sold to you that way and you find out that after they teach you to fly they then teach you to kill. And, uh, I didn't like it at all, but I did it – that was my job.".
- Nicky_Barr rank Wing_commander_(rank).
- Nicky_Barr serviceyears "1940".
- Nicky_Barr serviceyears "1951".
- Nicky_Barr shortDescription "RAAF pilot".
- Nicky_Barr source "Nicky Barr on the P-40 Tomahawk, interview, 1990".
- Nicky_Barr source "Nicky Barr, Australian Story, 2002".
- Nicky_Barr title "Commanding Officer No. 3 Squadron RAAF".
- Nicky_Barr unit No._23_Squadron_RAAF.
- Nicky_Barr unit No._2_Operational_Conversion_Unit_RAAF.
- Nicky_Barr unit No._3_Squadron_RAAF.
- Nicky_Barr width "30.0".
- Nicky_Barr wordnet_type synset-person-noun-1.
- Nicky_Barr years "May–June 1942".
- Nicky_Barr description "RAAF pilot".
- Nicky_Barr description "RAAFpilot".
- Nicky_Barr subject Category:1915_births.
- Nicky_Barr subject Category:2006_deaths.
- Nicky_Barr subject Category:Australian_World_War_II_flying_aces.
- Nicky_Barr subject Category:Australian_escapees.
- Nicky_Barr subject Category:Australian_prisoners_of_war.
- Nicky_Barr subject Category:Australian_rugby_union_players.
- Nicky_Barr subject Category:Officers_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire.
- Nicky_Barr subject Category:Recipients_of_the_Distinguished_Flying_Cross_and_Bar_(United_Kingdom).
- Nicky_Barr subject Category:Recipients_of_the_Military_Cross.
- Nicky_Barr subject Category:Royal_Australian_Air_Force_officers.
- Nicky_Barr subject Category:Royal_Australian_Air_Force_personnel_of_World_War_II.
- Nicky_Barr subject Category:Rugby_union_hookers.
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