This man lived on an island in San Francisco bay for some years...

Big Gorilla wrote:

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This man lived on an island in San Francisco bay for some years...

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 G'day BG. The birdman of Alcatraz. Robert Stroud.

Cheers. 

That's who it is Jack. Over to you:

Description

Robert Franklin Stroud, known as the "Birdman of Alcatraz", was a convicted murderer, American federal prisoner and author who has been cited as one of the most notorious criminals in the United States.

 

Born: 28 January 1890, Seattle, Washington, United States

Died: 21 November 1963, United States Medical Center for Federal Prisoners, Springfield, Missouri, United States

Buried: Masonic Cemetery, Illinois, United States

Nicknames: The Bird Doctor of Leavenworth, The Birdman of Alcatraz

Parents: Benjamin Franklin Stroud, Elizabeth Jane

 

 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Stroud

 

Thanks BG. OK all. Who is this? Should be easy on this day. Lest We Forget.

Cheers.

Captain Albert Jacka VC

Too easy Jack - you left the reference on!

G'day Cadpete. Yep that's him. Who do you have for us?

Cheers.

G'day Cadpete. Yep that's him. Who do you have for us?

Cheers.

Thanks Jack,

Lets stick with military then.  Who's this aviator

Sorry BW, wrong war :)

Clive Caldwell.   Aussie Ace.

right you are Sheba - who do you have for us?

Flight Lieutenant Clive Robertson Caldwell, DSO, DFC & Bar was the leading Australian air ace of World War II. He is officially credited with shooting down 28.5 enemy aircraft in over 300 operational sorties, including an ace in a day. Wikipedia

Thanks Pete.  This shouldn't be too hard.  

Cheers,

Sheba.

American Actress Ruth Roman.

Spot on BG.  Who do you have ?

Ruth Roman (December 22, 1922  September 9, 1999^[5]) was an American actress, principally appearing in dramas including the Alfred Hitch**** thriller Strangers on a Train (1951).

Cheers,

Sheba.

This man became famous for saving over 400 lives:

Kenny Baillau ?

I know who he is - he is part of our extended family - he's married to one of my wife's cousins .................. so, I'll let someone else have a go !

Captain Peter De Crespigny, in command of QF32 out of Singapore. An extremely experienced Pilot credited, along with his crew, with saving the lives of 466 persons on board the Qantas A380 aircraft. During the accident, pilots were alerted by 58 error messages generated by aircraft systems.

The accident, at 10:01 a.m. Singapore Standard Time (02:01 UTC), was caused by an uncontained failure of the port inboard (No. 2) engine, while en route over Batam Island, Indonesia.

Shrapnel from the engine punctured part of the wing and damaged the fuel system causing leaks and a fuel tank fire,^[11][12] disabled one hydraulic system and the anti-lock braking system, caused No. 1 and No. 4 engines to go into a "degraded" mode,^[13] and damaged landing flaps and the controls for the outer left No. 1 engine.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/what-air-crash-investigations-didnt-tell-you-qf32-airbus-hughes

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qantas_Flight_32

Over to you Brian..

Here is an easy one.Who is this and what does she do?

Actually there is an error in the Captain's name. It is Captain Richard Champion de Crespigny. His father was also a Pilot and his name is Peter. My Error, sorry about that.

No takers ! Her first name is the same as a presenter that went from Channel nine's morning show to Channel Ten and her last name is that of a Bushranger . She is seen here driving on the right hand side of the road.

G'day BW. thanks for the clues. Is she Lisa Kelly from Ice Road Truckers?

Cheers.

That's her "PT109" err um ballast she's a pretty and pretty good trucker .Over to you .

Thanks BW. Did not have a clue until the hint. OK all. Who is this?

Cheers.

Nationality would be helpful.  So far had no luck with Mr. Google.

G'day Sheba. He is Australian. I admit I did not know we had any at the time, Think major conflict.

Cheers.

Len Waters.  The third sentence was the clue.

What a story.