| ISBN |
0864177097 (v.2 : pbk.) |
| 0864177089 (v.1 : pbk.) |
| Author |
Pearson, Ross A. (author.) |
| Title |
Australians at war in the air : 1939-1945 / Ross A. Pearson. |
| Publisher and/or associated date/s |
Kenthurst, NSW : Kangaroo Press, 1995. |
| ©1995 |
| Description |
2 volumes, (140, 157 pages) : illustrations, facsimiles, maps, portraits ; 28 cm. |
| Note |
Includes indexes. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographies. |
| Contents |
v. 1. Going to war -- Training -- Bomber Command -- Prisoners of war -- v. 2. Coastal Command -- The Fleet Air Arm -- Middle East & Mediterranean -- South-East Asia -- South-West Pacific -- Ground staff -- The tactical Air Force. |
| Local note |
Volume 1 has inscription on half title page: "To Ellis Thomas ... [from] Air Commodore Bill Garing ... " dated 13/9/99. |
| Volume 2 is signed Ellis Thomas on title page. |
| Loosely inserted in volume 2 are two newspaper cuttings. 1. A review of the two volumes, by Tim Bowden (newspaper and date not recorded) 2. An obituary for Group Captain Hugh "Smokey" Birch, 1916-1996, one of the first World War II pilots to take part in operations against German U-boats... (newspaper and date not recorded). |
| Subjects |
Pearson, Ross A. |
| Australia. -- Royal Australian Air Force -- History |
| Australia. -- Royal Australian Air Force -- History -- World War, 1939-1945 |
| World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Australian |
| World War, 1939-1945 -- Regimental histories -- Australia |
| World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons |
| World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, Australian |
| Call number |
940.544994 PEA Vol. 1 and 2 |
