2019 ANZAC Day March in Melbourne As 25th April rolls around again, we can expect a return to ANZAC Day marches around Australia including t...

  Following on from last year’s 100 year anniversary of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), the Friends of the Odd Bods Association would...

Odd Bod Joe Shuttleworth passed away on 10th August 2019, and a book about his war experiences (and those of his Pilot) has now been publish...

  The Odd Bods have a long history of supporting charity groups including Raphael, the Ryder Cheshire International Centre at Dehradun, the ...

  In a previous article we reported the passing of Odd Bod, Bill Kilsby, and Bill's family have been good enough to provide us with a co...

Odd Bod Bill Kilsby passed away on 4th October 2021 after a short illness. His daughter Debra has been good enough to provide us with this b...

An unlikely source of aircraft information is the website Hotcars.com which as the name suggests is all about muscle cars, fast cars, and so...

Dr. Edward Fleming passed away on Saturday 27th November 2021. (Funeral details below) Service Brief: E.L. Edward FLEMING 430651 Pilot 550...

The Odd Bods have a long history of supporting charity groups including Raphael, the Ryder Cheshire International Centre at Dehradun, the ca...

  Odd Bod Jack Bell passed away on 27th November 2021. Service brief: J.R. BELL 404137 WAG 216 Sqdn. " Jack will be remembered for his ...

  Today we remember those Australians who served our nation in all theatres of conflict and particularly those who paid the ultimate sacrifi...

  In keeping with a long tradition of high level humour (?) in Odd Bods newsletters, we are referencing these outdoor signs from the USA. Th...

Renee Ounsley, described as the driving force behind the establishment of the Pollington Airfield Memorial Gardens passed away recently. (Po...

  At Friends of the Odd Bods we are often sent photos of modern military aircraft with all their stealth like qualities but to be honest the...

  Some More Candidates For Our Book List: Geoffrey Wellum’s “First Light” – “Perhaps the single best first-hand account from a British Fi...

Member, John Arnold, has given us a heads-up on a WW II book about to be published about Edgar Pickles DFC and Bar. Edgar served in some 6...

Our list of Odd Bod related books is growing. The depth of writing about WW 2 aviation experiences is immense and we hope you can find somet...

  Many of us are restricted in our activities because of Covid lockdown and amongst the recommended alternative activities is good old-fashi...

I don’t read a lot of books and it would be impertinent for me to call this a book review but as a member of Friends of the Odd Bods, and th...