The AWM website recently featured an Article about the WW2 exploits of Odd Bod Dr. Edward Fleming. Readers will remember that Dr. Fleming, ...

Odd Bod Jack Bell features in this Herald Sun graphic for Remembrance Day. Remembrance Day (11/11) is dedicated to Australians who died as a...

Be ready for a fascinating trip through time as this website takes a look at wartime locations around D-Day in 1944 and how they look in 201...

  The Melbourne Shrine is preparing for Remembrance Day   on 11/11/2020 in recognition of all those who died in war, conflict, and peaceti...

  Thanks to Terry Maher for sending this photo of Howard Hughes’s “Spruce Goose” which achieved its first and only flight in 1947. At one...

Humour has been a common ingredient in Odd Bods newsletters over the decades and Past President, and Newsletter Editor, Walter Eacott (1922-...

We seem to be on a bit of Lancaster roll at the Friends of the Odd Bods website lately. That iconic WW2 aircraft has been in the news for a ...

In the example above, some Airmen listed this interesting information in the back of their Logbooks. This valuable information shows where t...

  There were 7 Crew Positions on a Lancaster Bomber. They are; 1) Pilot; 2) Flight Engineer; 3) Navigator; 4) Wireless Operator; 5) Bomb Aim...

There are only two airworthy Lancasters left in the world and Covid restrictions have pretty much kept them grounded but a flight over Linco...

From RAAFA publication Wings Magazine -  "In a small ceremony held at the Air Force Memorial in Adelaide on 30 May, RAAF Edinburgh and ...

A recent street interview segment on TV included a couple aged in their 90’s who claimed they had a distinct advantage over most of the curr...

  The 75 th Anniversary of Victory In Pacific Day was the subject of a livestream from The Shrine today and the Odd Bods got a mention cour...

The Federal Government has launched a One In A Million campaign to coincide with the 75 th anniversary of Victory In The Pacific Day on 15 ...

  Friends of the Odd Bods support three children at the Raphael Ryder Cheshire centre in India and staff have sent us their best wishes alon...

Friends of the Odd Bods engage in a number of activities throughout the year and we report on most of them through this website. But sometim...

On 1st July this year the Department of Veterans’ Affairs announced it will produce a Commemorative Medallion and Certificate of Commemora...

The 75th anniversary of Victory In The Pacific Day (VP Day) will be celebrated at the Melbourne Shrine on Saturday 15th August 2020. The...

The Handley Page Halifax played a significant role in WW2 with examples being flown by the RAF, RAAF, and RCAF. A Canadian group (Halifax...

The Winter 2020 edition of the RAAFA "Wings" magazine contains the usual variety of fascinating RAAF related articles including th...