Talk:Johnny Checketts

Johnny or Johnnie?
I have it on good authority, that the name "Johnnie" was his nickname and this was the spelling. I have been told that he was named in similar fashion to another fighter ace Johnnie Johnson, who is also mentioned on Wikipedia. However, the articles on the internet do use Johnny more often, as so this has become the modern spelling. Really it does not matter so much, and I am quite happy with either spelling. Wallie 19:09, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

Johnny was my father and his full name is John Milne Checketts. The above is correct in that Johnny is a nickname and goes back to when he was born all his family called him Johnny. Insofar as the spelling is concerned Dad always used the spelling "Johnny"

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His statement to Nash
The article says After the war Checketts, wanting to remain in the RNZAF, was encouraged by the Chief of Air Staff, Air Vice-Marshal Leonard Isitt, to consider a transfer to the RAF. Isitt advised that career prospects in the RNZAF were likely to be limited as it would be downsized considerably from its war footing. Checketts reaffirmed his desire to serve in New Zealand,[85] notwithstanding the comments of Walter Nash, the Minister of Finance, to expect a cut in pay. Nash's comments greatly angered Checketts, who pointed out that the government was quite prepared to pay more when pilots' lives were at risk serving their country when at war.[86]

I have bolded the statement I refer to in the heading. The number 86 referenc goes to ''Orange, Vincent (2006). Johnny Checketts: The Road to Biggin Hill. London: Grub Street. ISBN 978-1-904943-79-2 p 148.'' I don't have the book so don't know if it is a good paraphrasing of its content, but it differs from the message given elsewhere.

Here's a quote, attributed to Checketts, from a New Zealand Herald obituary of 28 April 2006, written by Arnold Pickmere -- "You were willing enough to pay us to die but you're not willing to pay us to live.
 * I can confirm that the same quote is in Orange. However, since I hadn't quoted Checketts anywhere else in the article, for consistency I chose the wording as above rather than use the quote. I'm not sure that the overall message differs though - the point is that in peacetime, pay in the RNZAF was less than when on a war footing. Zawed (talk) 03:31, 9 February 2020 (UTC)