Air Vice-Marshal Francis Masson Bladin, CB, CBE was a senior commander in the Royal Australian Air Force. Born in rural Victoria, he graduated from the Royal Military College, Duntroon, in 1920. Bladin transferred from the Army to the Air Force in... Wikipedia
Born: August 26, 1898, Korumburra, Australia
Died: February 2, 1978 (age 79 years), Melbourne, Australia
Awards: Order of the Bath, Order of the British Empire, Mentioned in dispatches, and more