Keywords: Scherger - Fighter Squadron RAAF.jpg Flight Lieutenant F R W Scherger refuels his Bulldog A 12-1 at Nhill Vic on 15 October 1931 on his way to South Australia for the Aero Club pageant A gale was blowing when he landed at Nhill causing him to stand the machine on its nose ”though with no more damage than slight bending of the right lower wingtip and engine bearer plate Scherger completed the flight to Adelaide won the aerial derby against another Bulldog with a speed of 160 98 mph and returned to Point Cook without any further trouble Coulthard-Clark Chris 1991 The Third Brother The Royal Australian Air Force 1921 “39 North Sydney Allen Unwin ISBN 0-04-442307-1 p 401 1931-10-15 Courtesy Mrs J Gray PD-Australia PD-1996 Royal Australian Air Force Bristol Bulldog Frederick Scherger |