Dr Kristen Alexander

Historian

Kristen is a writer and researcher with a deep passion for Australia's aviation history. She is a visiting fellow at UNSW Canberra and her research focuses on Second World War Australian airmen, prisoners of war, and their families.

Squadron Leader Raymond Thorold-Smith, DFC

Missing in action

An ace fighter pilot vanished while defending Darwin against the town’s 53rd Japanese air raid.

By Dr Kristen Alexander

Second World War 1939 - 1945