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Leonard Victor (Len) Waters (20 June 1924 – 24 August 1993) was the first Aboriginal Australian military aviator, and the only one to serve as a fighter pilot in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) during World War II. Aboriginal people at the time suffered significant discrimination and disadvantages in Australian society, such as restrictions on movement, residence, employment, and access to services and citizenship. Born in northern New South Wales and raised in Queensland, Waters was working as a shearer when he joined the RAAF in 1942. Training initially as a mechanic, he volunteered for flying duties and graduated as a sergeant pilot in 1944. He flew P-40 Kittyhawks in the South West Pacific theatre, where he completed 95 missions, mainly close air support. By the end of the war he

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  • لين واترس (ar)
  • Leonard Waters (de)
  • Len Waters (en)
  • Len Waters (pt)
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  • لين واترس (بالإنجليزية: Len Waters)‏ هو طيار أسترالي، ولد في 20 يونيو 1924 في Boomi ‏ في أستراليا، وتوفي في 24 أغسطس 1993 في Cunnamulla ‏ في أستراليا. (ar)
  • Leonard "Len" Victor Waters (* 20. Juni 1924 in Eurabamission bei in New South Wales; † 24. August 1993 in Cunnamulla) war der einzige Pilot, der als Aborigine Kampfflugzeuge im Zweiten Weltkrieg flog. (de)
  • Leonard Victor (Len) Waters (20 de Junho de 1924 – 24 de Agosto de 1993) foi o primeiro aborígene australiano a tornar-se aviador militar, e o único a servir o seu país em combate durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial, combatendo como piloto de caças na Real Força Aérea Australiana. (pt)
  • Leonard Victor (Len) Waters (20 June 1924 – 24 August 1993) was the first Aboriginal Australian military aviator, and the only one to serve as a fighter pilot in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) during World War II. Aboriginal people at the time suffered significant discrimination and disadvantages in Australian society, such as restrictions on movement, residence, employment, and access to services and citizenship. Born in northern New South Wales and raised in Queensland, Waters was working as a shearer when he joined the RAAF in 1942. Training initially as a mechanic, he volunteered for flying duties and graduated as a sergeant pilot in 1944. He flew P-40 Kittyhawks in the South West Pacific theatre, where he completed 95 missions, mainly close air support. By the end of the war he (en)
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  • Leonard Victor (Len) Waters (en)
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  • Leonard Victor Waters (en)
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  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/P02808.001_P-40_Black_Magic.jpg
  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/P01659.001WatersKittyhawk.jpg
  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/LenWaters.jpg
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  • Cunnamulla, Queensland (en)
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  • Boomi, New South Wales (en)
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