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A fact from Stanley Browne (RNZAF officer) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 1 May 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that after bailing out of his aircraft over France, Stanley Browne was able to evade any German soldiers searching for him with the help of local villagers?
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The result was: promoted by BorgQueen (talk) 13:53, 23 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
... that after bailing out of his aircraft over France, Stanley Browne was able to evade any German soldiers searching for him with the help of local villagers? Source: Lambert, Max (2011). Day After Day: New Zealanders in Fighter Command. Auckland: HarperCollins Publishers. ISBN 978-1-86950-844-9. Page 294-296 , Wells, Kevin W. (1984). An Illustrated History of the New Zealand Spitfire Squadron. Auckland, New Zealand: Hutchinson Group. ISBN 0-09-159360-3. Page 78-80
ALT1: ... that Stanley Browne was one of the first pilots to land on Sicily during World War II? Source: Shores, Christopher; Williams, Clive (1994). Aces High: A Tribute to the Most Notable Fighter Pilots of the British and Commonwealth Forces in WWII. London: Grub Street. ISBN 1-8-9869-7000. Page 153 , Rawlings, John (1976). Fighter Squadrons of the RAF and their Aircraft. London: MacDonald & James. ISBN 0-354-01028-X. Page 225 , Cull, Brian; Malizia, Nicola; Galea, Frederick (2000). Spitfires Over Sicily: The Crucial Role of the Malta Spitfires in the Battle of Sicily, January–August 1943. London: Grub Street. ISBN 1-902304-32-2. Page 136
FWIW, I prefer ALT1 but with a suggestion for a slight tweak for context (on a literal reading of ALT1, it is incorrect since Italian/German pilots would have been landing there all the time as Sicily was a base for operations against Malta): Alt1b ... that Stanley Browne was one of the first Allied pilots to land on Sicily following its invasion by the Allies during World War II? Zawed (talk) 01:29, 19 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Approved for first hook and ALT1b hook. I personally prefer the first hook ("look for the helpers") but both are fine. jengod (talk) 02:57, 18 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Approved for first hook and ALT1b hook. I personally prefer the first hook ("look for the helpers") but both are fine. jengod (talk) 02:57, 18 April 2023 (UTC)