About: Gordon Steege

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RAAF officer

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  • Australia
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  • RAAF officer (en)
  • australischer Fliegerass (de)
  • طيار بطل أسترالي (ar)
  • Avustralyalı pilot (1917 – 2013) (tr)
  • as de l'aviación australianu (1917–2013) (ast)
  • vliegende aas uit Australië (1917-2013) (nl)
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  • No. 14 Mobile Fighter Sector(1943)
  • No. 450 Squadron(1941–42)
  • No. 73 Wing(1943–44)
  • No. 77 Squadron(1951)
  • No. 81 Wing(1944)
  • RAAF Base Amberley(1964–67)
  • RAAF Base Butterworth(1967–69)
  • RAAF Base Canberra(1957–58)
  • RAAF Base Edinburgh(1969–70)
  • RAAF Station Schofields(1950–51)
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dbo:serviceStartYear
  • 1937-01-01 (xsd:gYear)
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  • right (en)
  • left (en)
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  • Australia (en)
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  • Informal portrait of Gordon Steege in cricket blazer with hands in pockets (en)
dbp:awards
dbp:battles
  • * World War II ** Middle Eastern theatre *** Western Desert campaign *** Syria–Lebanon campaign ** South West Pacific theatre *** New Britain campaign *** Battle of Arawe *** Admiralty Islands campaign * Korean War (en)
dbp:birthDate
  • 1917-10-31 (xsd:date)
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  • Chatswood, New South Wales (en)
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  • (en)
  • Service/branch (en)
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  • Flight Lieutenant Steege serving with No. 3 Squadron in North Africa, December 1940 (en)
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dbp:deathDate
  • 2013-09-01 (xsd:date)
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  • Palm Beach, New South Wales (en)
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  • 85.0 (dbd:perCent)
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  • Aerospace consultant (en)
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  • Gordon Steege (en)
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  • ... the RAF intended using it as a bomber interceptor, not for air combat, and it was suitable for the air defence of the UK in those days. But to put it into air-to-air operations against the MiG in Korea was just asking for an entire squadron to get knocked off. (en)
  • Well, the Italian Air Force in North Africa fought honourably and their fighter pilots had quite a bit of dash [...] But the Germans wouldn't dogfight. They'd come and go, go away again, come and go. So they always had the initiative... (en)
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dbp:serviceyears
  • 1937 (xsd:integer)
  • 1950 (xsd:integer)
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  • Service years (en)
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  • Steege on his opponents in the Middle East (en)
  • Steege on the Gloster Meteor (en)
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  • 22.0 (dbd:perCent)
  • 23.0 (dbd:perCent)
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  • Gordon Steege (en)
  • Gordon Steege (fr)
  • Gordon Steege (pt)
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  • Gordon Steege (en)
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