LEADER 02598nam 2200577Ia 450 001 9910462037803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-921719-42-7 035 $a(CKB)2670000000210234 035 $a(EBL)932981 035 $a(OCoLC)795120467 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000688503 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12271482 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000688503 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10607688 035 $a(PQKB)11561756 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC932981 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL932981 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10601787 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000210234 100 $a20120519d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDiary of a Spitfire Pilot$b[electronic resource] /$fGranville Allen Mawer 210 $aDural Delivery Centre, N.S.W. $cRosenberg Pub.$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (224 p.) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a1-921719-18-4 327 $aCONTENTS; 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; INDEX 330 $aAllen 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. 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