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.

Group Captain Clive Caldwell with his Supermarine Spitfire MK VIII

No worthwhile job to do

Discontent with Royal Australian Air Force leadership led to the Morotai Mutiny in 1945.

By Dr Kristen Alexander

Second World War 1939 - 1945
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