Vance Drummond
✓ Source-basedstableAustralian air force officer (1927-1967)
New ZealandLived 1927 to 1967 · aged 40Vance Drummond, was a New Zealand-born Australian pilot who fought in the Korean and Vietnam Wars. He initially saw service in the New Zealand military, but joined the Royal Australian Air Force in 1949 and graduated as a sergeant pilot in 1951. Posted to No.
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Drummond (left) and fellow pilot Bruce Thomson in the uniforms they wore during captivity in North Korea, September 1953
The RAAF's Black Diamonds aerobatic team
Drummond with "Snoopy", the USAF Cessna Bird Dog he flew as a forward air controller in Vietnam, August 1966
Mirage IIIs of No. 2 OCU (pictured in 1980)About this person
Vance Drummond, was a New Zealand-born Australian pilot who fought in the Korean and Vietnam Wars. He initially saw service in the New Zealand military, but joined the Royal Australian Air Force in 1949 and graduated as a sergeant pilot in 1951. Posted to No. 77 Squadron in Korea, he flew Gloster Meteor jet fighters and earned the US Air Medal for his combat skills. He was shot down by a Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 in December 1951 and imprisoned for almost two years. After returning to Australia he converted to CAC Sabre jets and in December 1961 became a flight commander with No. 75 Squadron; he subsequently led the squadron's Black Diamonds aerobatic team, and was awarded the Air Force Cross in 1965.
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