| ISBN |
9781921875748 (pbk.) |
| Author |
Rosel, Mike (author.) |
| Title |
Unknown warrior : the search for Australia's greatest Ace / Mike Rosel. |
| Publisher and/or associated date/s |
North Melbourne, Vic : Arcadia, [2012] |
| Description |
xiii, 127 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 123-124) and index. |
| Contents |
Prologue -- Between the lines -- Age of innocence -- "The bugles are calling" -- "The progress of madness" -- Surviving training -- "He didn't like seaplanes" -- Liftoff : year of killing, 1916 -- Apogee : 1917 -- Eclipse : 1918 -- Remembrance -- Epilogue : a land fit for heroes? -- Acknowledgments : in search of a hero. |
| Summary |
Despite the recent outpouring in interest in our military heritage, Captain Alec Little, the young Victorian credited with 47 victories is virtually unknown to ordinary Australians. He was only 22 when he died in his Sopwith Camel in a solo night pursuit of German bombers above the Western Front on 27 May 1918. |
| Subjects |
Little, Alec, -- 1895-1918 |
| Little, Robert Alexander, -- 1895-1918 |
| Australia. -- Royal Australian Air Force -- History -- World War, 1914-1918 |
| Great Britain. -- Royal Air Force -- History -- 20th century |
| Great Britain. -- Royal Naval Air Force -- History -- 20th century |
| World War, 1914-1918 |
| Air forces -- Australia |
| Air pilots, Military -- Australia -- Biography |
| Fighter pilots -- Australia -- Biography |
| World War, 1914-1918 -- Aerial operations, Australian |
| World War, 1914-1918 -- Participation, Australian |
| Fighter pilots -- Australia -- Biography |
| World War, 1914-1918 -- Aerial operations, British |
| World War, 1914-1918 -- Veterans -- Australia |
| Australia -- History, Military |
| Call number |
2018.561 |
