02598nam 2200577Ia 450 991046203780332120200520144314.01-921719-42-7(CKB)2670000000210234(EBL)932981(OCoLC)795120467(SSID)ssj0000688503(PQKBManifestationID)12271482(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000688503(PQKBWorkID)10607688(PQKB)11561756(MiAaPQ)EBC932981(Au-PeEL)EBL932981(CaPaEBR)ebr10601787(EXLCZ)99267000000021023420120519d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDiary of a Spitfire Pilot[electronic resource] /Granville Allen MawerDural Delivery Centre, N.S.W. Rosenberg Pub.20111 online resource (224 p.)Includes index.1-921719-18-4 CONTENTS; PROLOGUE; Wings; Atlantic Convoy; Malan's Mongrels; Hurrybirds; Nightfighter; Love and War; Sweeping the Channel; A Dornier at Dieppe; Officer and Gentleman; Home for Christmas?; Top End Transit; Zeros Over Darwin; Going South; Unserviceable; EPILOGUE; Legacy; INDEXAllen Mawer's diary is a candid and sometimes disconcerting record of conquests in the air and on the ground. It recounts the highs and lows of his war. From 1941 when, aged 21, he hunted the Hun over the English Channel and experienced the perils of aerial combat and the hazards of wartime romance. To 1943 when, living in a 'swamp that pretends to be an airstrip' south of Darwin, the Japanese flew over so infrequently he was in danger of going troppo. Allen was killed over Darwin at the end of the war. His diary offers a poignant insight into the human cost of armed conflict.Fighter pilotsAustraliaDiariesSpitfire (Fighter plane)World War, 1939-1945Personal narratives, AustralianWorld War, 1939-1945Aerial operations, AustralianElectronic books.Fighter pilotsSpitfire (Fighter plane)World War, 1939-1945World War, 1939-1945Aerial operations, Australian.940.54/4994Mawer Granville Allen1919-1943.862646MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910462037803321Diary of a Spitfire Pilot1925638UNINA