Description

Title: An Airman Far Away – the Story of an Australian Dambuster

Author: Fry, Eric

Condition: Near Mint

Edition: 1st Edition

Publication Date: 1993

ISBN: 0864175019

Cover: Hard Cover with Dust Jacket – 242 pages

Comments: This is the story of a young Queensland flier, Charlie Williams, who joined the RAAF and served with RAF Bomber Command. He was killed during the Dambuster raid. In addition, Fry puts Williams’ sadly brief life in the broader context of 20th century history, including the genesis of the Empire Air Training Scheme, the day to day and operational details of life in Bomber Command, and the conduct an course of the war.