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WikipediA welcome to the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit. blabla Today's featured article Les Holden (6 March 1895 – 18 September 1932) was a fighter ace of World War I. He joined the Australian Light Horse in May 1915, serving in Egypt and France. In December 1916, he volunteered for the Australian Flying Corps and qualified as a pilot. As a member of No. 2 Squadron, he gained the sobriquets "Lucky Les" and "the homing pigeon" after a series of incidents where he limped back to base in bullet-riddled aircraft. Holden achieved five aerial victories, was awarded the Military Cross and the Air Force Cross, and finished the war as an instructor with No. 6 (Training) Squadron in England. After leaving the Australian Flying Corps in 1919, he became a manager at Holden's Motor Body Builders. He joined the part-time Citizen Air Force before starting an air service as a commercial pilot. In 1929, he located Charles Kingsford Smith and Charles Ulm in the north-west Australian desert after the pair were reported missing. Holden died while a passenger in a plane that crashed in Australia. (Full article...) Recently featured: Leroy Chollet James Madison USS Congress (1799)

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