Description
Title: Australians at War in the Air 1939 – 1945 Volume One – Going to War, Training, Bomber Command, Prisoners of War
Author: Pearson, Ross
Condition: Very Good
Edition: 1st Edition
Publication Date: 1995
ISBN: 0864177089
Cover: Soft Cover without Dust Jacket – 140 pages
Comments: The war in the skies from 1939 – 45 is one of the most remarkable stories to have emerged from the Second World War. Over this time thousands of men – few of whom had flown before – pushed themselves and their aircraft to the limits in a hazardous and entirely new type of warfare. Now for the first time Australians tell this story as they experienced it.
In this, the first of two volumes, former wireless operator/air gunner Ross Pearson covers the war over Europe. From extensive interviews with dozens of veterans, he has crafted a vivid account of their war – from basic training at home and overseas through to strategic and bombing operations and the POW experience.
This collection is both a richly detailed historical document and an immediate and personal story of “ordinary blokes” caught up in truly extraordinary circumstances.
