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Autore: | Page Charles <1943-> |
Titolo: | Wings of destiny [[electronic resource] ] : Wing Commander Charles Learmonth DFC and Bar, and the air war in New Guinea / / by Charles Page |
Pubblicazione: | Dural Delivery Centre, N.S.W., : Rosenberg, 2008 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (416 p.) |
Disciplina: | 940.54/4994 |
Soggetto topico: | World War, 1939-1945 - Aerial operations, Australian |
World War, 1939-1945 - New Guinea | |
Bomber pilots - Australia | |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di contenuto: | Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Preface; 1. Flight to Eternity; 2. Carramar; 3. Wings; 4. Westward Bound; 5. Charles and Marjorie; 6. Eastward Bound; 7. Boston Boys; 8. Port Moresby; 9. Boston Tea Parties; 10. Goodenough Island; 11. Beaufort Gremlins; 12. Between Sea and Sky; 13. Tail of a Beaufort; 14. Echoes of Past Years; Epilogue; Endnotes; Bibliography; Index |
Sommario/riassunto: | Wing Commander Charles Learmonth, DFC and Bar, was a well-known flyer in World War II, who was based in Pearce, WA, and involved in the air search for HMAS Sydney. He fought in the skies of New Guinea, flying a twin-engine Boston attack bomber named She's Apples. In January 1944 the then Commanding Officer of No. 22 Squadron, was killed at the age of 26 in a crash 30 kilometres north-west of Rottnest Island. Learmonth Airport was named in his honour. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Wings of destiny |
ISBN: | 1-921719-26-5 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910462037103321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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