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Major Richard Williams as CO 1 Squadron Australian Flying Corps in Palestine during WW1. He would go on to become Air Marshal Sir Richard Williams and is today considered the founding father of the RAAF. (Australian War Memorial)
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Australia Aviation Hall of Fame to induct Richard Williams 9 July 2021
Air Marshal Sir Richard Williams, widely recognised as the father of the Royal Australian Air Force, will be inducted into the Australian Aviation Hall of Fame in October, it was announced yesterday.
Williams will join three other inductees announced in 2020 that weren t formally inducted as scheduled last Novemeber because of COVID restrictions.