Wings of destiny [[electronic resource] ] : Wing Commander Charles Learmonth DFC and Bar, and the air war in New Guinea / / by Charles Page

• Autore: Page Charles <1943->
• 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