Frank Headlam (1914–1976) was a senior commander in the Royal Australian Air Force. He joined as an air cadet in 1934 and specialised in flying instruction and navigation before the outbreak of World War II. In April 1941, he became commanding officer of No. 2 Squadron and saw action against Japanese forces in the South West Pacific. After returning to Australia, he held staff appointments and training commands, finishing the war a group captain. Headlam served as Officer Commanding North-Western Area in 1946, and was Director of Training from 1947 to 1950. In 1950–51, during the Malayan Emergency, he was stationed at Singapore as commander of No. 90 (Composite) Wing and, later, RAF Tengah. Promoted air vice-marshal, he successively held the positions of Air Officer Commanding (AOC) Operational Command, AOC No. 224 Group RAF during the Indonesia–Malaysia Konfrontasi, Deputy Chief of the Air Staff, and AOC Support Command. He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1958 and Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1965, and retired in 1971 following a posting to London as Head of the Australian Joint Services Staff.
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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1410:
The Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeated the Monastic State of the Teutonic Knights in the Battle of Grunwald, the decisive engagement of the Polish–Lithuanian–Teutonic War. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Grunwald
1799:
French soldiers uncovered the Rosetta Stone in Fort Julien, near the Egyptian port city of Rashid. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosetta_Stone
1910:
In his book Clinical Psychiatry, Emil Kraepelin gave a name to Alzheimer's disease, naming it after his colleague Alois Alzheimer. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alzheimer%27s_disease
1966:
Vietnam War: The United States and South Vietnam began Operation Hastings to push the North Vietnamese out of the Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Hastings
1997:
American spree killer Andrew Cunanan gunned down fashion designer Gianni Versace in Miami, Florida. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianni_Versace
_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:
effluvium: A gaseous or vaporous emission, especially a foul-smelling one. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/effluvium
___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:
 Only a thoughtless observer can deny that correspondences come into play between the world of modern technology and the archaic symbol-world of mythology. --Walter Benjamin https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Walter_Benjamin
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