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Keith Thiele
Keith Frederick (Jimmy) Thiele DSO, DFC & 2 Bars was an officer of the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) during the Second World War.〔(The Pilots of 41 Squadron RAF, 1939-1945 ). Retrieved 2011-04-26〕 He is one of only four New Zealand born airmen to receive two medal bars to his Distinguished Flying Cross.〔Cambridge Air Force (2009). (Roy Oldfield Calvert DFC and Two Bars ). Retrieved on 16 February 2009.〕
==Career==
Thiele was born in Christchurch, New Zealand on 25 February 1921.〔(New Zealanders with the Royal Air Force ) (2008, p. 49). Chapter Three: Bomber Command. Retrieved on 26 April 2009.〕 He was educated at Waltham Primary and Christchurch Boys' High Schools.〔(Third Award New Zealand Airman ). Evening Post, Volume CXXXV, Issue 130, 3 June 1943, Page 4. Retrieved 2011-04-26.〕 Thiele was working as a junior reporter on Christchurch's ''Star-Sun'' Newspaper when war was declared. He was 19 when he joined the RNZAF in December 1940. After completing the pilot training course in Harewood in April 1941 with the rank of pilot officer, Thiele was sent to England in June 1941 where he was seconded to the Royal Air Force.〔Coats, Patricia (2005). (Keith's Great Escape ). APN News & Media Ltd. Retrieved on 26 April 2009〕 On a train from Liverpool, Thiele spotted his first Spitfires and was convinced they were for him. At the reception centre later that evening he was asked to state his flying preference and he wrote "fighters", but was posted to bomber command.〔
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