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A fact from Howard Mayers appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 13 December 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Howard Mayers is credited with the destruction of at least eleven enemy aircraft during World War II?

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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 23:18, 6 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Howard Mayers

... that Howard Mayers (pictured) is credited with the destruction of at least eleven enemy aircraft during World War II? Source: In the article
- ALT1: ... that Howard Mayers (pictured) was shot down twice during World War II? Source: In the article
- ALT2: ... that Howard Mayers (pictured) was given command of No. 94 Squadron, leading it during Operation Crusader? Source: In the middle east section of the article.
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Dark forest hypothesis

Improved to Good Article status by Zawed (talk). Nominated by Onegreatjoke (talk) at 20:18, 29 November 2022 (UTC).[reply]

Article has achieved Good Article status. No issues of copyvio or plagiarism. All sources appear reliable. All the hooks are interesting, but the primary hook is best. QPQ is done. Looks ready to go. Thriley (talk) 01:43, 30 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thriley Did you mean to add a tick? Onegreatjoke (talk) 15:12, 30 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

All set!

Bale out vs. Bail out of aircraft

Multiple references to "bale out" or "baling out" in this article, however I believe "bail out" is more correct, cf. https://www.dailywritingtips.com/bail-out-vs-bale-out/ and Bailing_out --Annihilannic (talk) 04:45, 13 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]