Talk:John Beech Austin

Contested deletion
This article should not be speedily deleted for lack of asserted importance because John Beech Austin was a highly decorated officer in the RAF and SOE. I am transcribing some interviews recorded before his death by the Imperial War Museum but at the moment lack details of his later RAF career for which he was awarded a variety of decorations. I intend to correct this over coming days. I originally intended to just add his name to the Wikipedia list of medal recipients, but the DFC and Bar page persuaded me otherwise.
 * Interpreting the military honors as a claim of significance, I contested the speedy deletion nomination. Has this person been discussed in independent, secondary sources? VQuakr (talk) 23:39, 6 February 2012 (UTC)