# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-lloyd-waddy
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:20:15.357Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-lloyd-waddy"
name: "John Lloyd Waddy"
slug: "john-lloyd-waddy"
description: "John Lloyd Waddy, was a senior officer and aviator in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), and later served as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly and as a minister in the New South Wales government. As a fighter pilot during World War II, he shot down 15 enemy aircraft during the North African campaign, becoming one of Australia's top-scoring aces and earning the Distinguished Flying Cross. Waddy went on to command No. 80 Squadron in the South West Pacific, where he was awarded the US Air Medal. He was one of eight senior pilots who took part in the \"Morotai Mutiny\" of April 1945."
tagline: "Senior Royal Australian Air Force officer, Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly (1916-1987)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/WaddyJL-43P-1971.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Australia"
  isoCode: "AU"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1916-12-10"
deathDate: "1987-09-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.75
  momentum:             0.6772908366533864
  historical:           7.209648000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "جان لائیڈ ویڈی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جون لويد وادي"
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    title: "جون لويد وادى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lloyd_Waddy"
    title: "John Lloyd Waddy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._L._Waddy"
    title: "J. L. Waddy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lloyd_Waddy"
    title: "John Lloyd Waddy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lloyd_Waddy"
    title: "John Lloyd Waddy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lloyd_Waddy"
    title: "John Lloyd Waddy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6245063"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump