Black Magic vintage fortified honours WW2 fighter pilot Len Waters. He flew 54 sorties over the skies of PNG and Borneo in his kittyhawk nick named “Black Magic." He was a Kamilaroi man who spent most of his working life in St George. What better way to commemorate his wartime achievements than with a sip of Black Magic in honour of Len Waters along with a read of his life story chronicled in "The Missing Man."

In the book "The Missing Man" author Peter Rees chronicles the powerful and at times tragic story of Len Waters, Australia’s first known WW2 aboriginal fighter pilot. The legend of Len Waters began in 1944 when he joined the RAAF training as a mechanic then pilot. 

Based on the 78th squadron in New Guinea and Borneo he went on to fly 54 combat sorties many of them in his Kittyhawk coincidentally nicknamed “Black Magic” by its previous pilot Denny Baker. 

After the war he settled in St George and married Gladys Saunders, raising a family of six. He believed he could “live on both sides of the fence” and be part of Australia’s emerging airline industry. He just wanted to fly but instead became the missing man in Australia’s wartime flying history. He was a Kamilaroi man who spent most of his working life in St George.

See his story on the video link: https://www.facebook.com/ABCSouthernQueensland/videos/696773631090843/