Tribute to Leonard H Rochford by Ivan Berryman. (AP) SIG1607 Flt Lt John Boothman completes

Flt Lt John Boothman completes a victory run over the packed pier at Ryde

Joe Forster enlisted in the Army in 1940 and was commissioned as a pilot in 1943

First Gibson in AJ-G attacked

carronades and musketry find their targets and casualties mount

he stayed with military aviation and served in the Korean War

Tribute to Leonard H Rochford by Ivan Berryman. (AP) SIG1607 Flt Lt John Boothman completesDHM6751AP. Tribute to Leonard H Rochford by Ivan Berryman. Recording 18 individual victories plus another 11 shared with other pilots, Leonard 'Tich' Rochford scored most of his victories in the Sopwith Camel. However, under the stewardship of the more experienced Raymond Collishaw who became the second highest scoring Candian Ace of the war he flew his early missions with No. 3 Naval Air Squadron in the Sopwith Pup. He had forced two Albatros down