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John Milne Checketts, DSO, DFC (20 February 1912 – 21 April 2006) was a New Zealand flying ace of the Second World War, who was credited with the destruction of 14+1⁄2 enemy aircraft, three probably destroyed and 11 damaged. Checketts remained in the RNZAF after the war, commanding air bases in New Zealand and Fiji. Returning to civilian life in 1954, he set up an aerial topdressing company and later undertook conservation work. He died in 2006, aged 94.

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  • Johnny Checketts (en)
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  • John Milne Checketts, DSO, DFC (20 February 1912 – 21 April 2006) was a New Zealand flying ace of the Second World War, who was credited with the destruction of 14+1⁄2 enemy aircraft, three probably destroyed and 11 damaged. Checketts remained in the RNZAF after the war, commanding air bases in New Zealand and Fiji. Returning to civilian life in 1954, he set up an aerial topdressing company and later undertook conservation work. He died in 2006, aged 94. (en)
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  • Johnny Checketts (en)
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  • Johnny Checketts (en)
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  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/CH_011675.jpg
  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Checkett's_Spitfire,_1944.jpg
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  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/NZ050315_RNZAF_Museum_15.jpg
  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Spitfire_VB_of_485_Squadron.jpg
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  • Christchurch, New Zealand (en)
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  • Invercargill, New Zealand (en)
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