Talk:Alan Eckford/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk · contribs) 15:41, 12 November 2023 (UTC)

I'll go through this shortly. Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk) 15:41, 12 November 2023 (UTC)

Prelim

• No duplicated links
• Article is stable
• Images correctly licensed
• Earwig reports copyvio unlikely

Lede and infobox

• I may have missed it, but I don't think you usually have a comma after the name?

• Removed. Zawed (talk) 08:49, 14 November 2023 (UTC)

• To avoid confusion I would suggest "following the German invasion of the Low Countries" > "during the Battle of France" and then remove the second BoF mention

• I have gone with an alternative phrasing to avoid repetition of "France", and also include a month/year to help deal with the point below. Zawed (talk) 08:49, 14 November 2023 (UTC)

• "during July and August" could do with a year somewhere about here

Early life

• Do we know when Eckford passed out of training? Article doesn't make it too clear how close this was to the start of the SWW, which I feel would be useful to know if possible

• Have added, it was basically on the outbreak of the SWW. Zawed (talk) 08:20, 15 November 2023 (UTC)

Second World War

• Link scrambled

• Done. Zawed (talk) 08:58, 14 November 2023 (UTC)

• The Battle of France isn't mentioned in main text

• Have referred to the fighting there

• Do we know why the squadron went to France so rapidly but then left it again seemingly equally as suddenly?

• The RAF component there was withdrawn once it became apparent fighters were going to be needed for the Battle of Britain although there was still pressure to send them to France. I have added mention of this and rephrased the following bit about No. 242 Squadron. Zawed (talk) 09:00, 15 November 2023 (UTC)

• Link sorties

• Done. Zawed (talk) 08:58, 14 November 2023 (UTC)

• What aircraft did 242 Sqn fly?

• Have added. Zawed (talk) 09:00, 15 November 2023 (UTC)

• "one at night over London" does this mean regular night patrols over London or only one such patrol?

• The source suggests it was only the one. Zawed (talk) 09:00, 15 November 2023 (UTC)

• "the Distinguished Flying Cross"

• Done. Zawed (talk) 08:58, 14 November 2023 (UTC)

• Link No. 64 Squadron (and add to infobox?)

• Done. Zawed (talk) 08:58, 14 November 2023 (UTC)

• Note sure if you ascribe to this, but you could add a  (WIA) to the infobox for the Africa campaign

• Done. Zawed (talk) 09:00, 15 November 2023 (UTC)

• "Once the North African campaign concluded" a date here?

• Done. Zawed (talk) 09:00, 15 November 2023 (UTC)

• Do we know what he was doing at the Air Ministry?

• Unfortunately no. I have noticed this a bit with RAF fighter pilot bios sources I have, that they are often skinny on detail for non-operational postings. Zawed (talk) 09:00, 15 November 2023 (UTC)

• Ashcroft's name would correctly be styled "Michael, Lord Ashcroft" or just "Lord Ashcroft"

• Went with Lord Ashcroft. Zawed (talk) 08:58, 14 November 2023 (UTC)

References

• References look good. AGF for print sources.

@Zawed: Hi, that's all from me. Comments above. Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk) 20:53, 13 November 2023 (UTC)

@Pickersgill-Cunliffe: thanks for the review, much appreciated as always. I have responded as above and my edits are here. Cheers, Zawed (talk) 09:03, 15 November 2023 (UTC)

@Zawed: Passing this article as satisfying the GA criteria. Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk) 19:52, 15 November 2023 (UTC)