. And Far from Home: Flying RAAF Transports in the Pacific War and After

Balfe, John

ISBN 10: 0333415078 / ISBN 13: 9780333415078

Published by The Macmillan Company of Australia Pty Ltd, South Melbourne, VIC, 1985

About this Item

Previous owner(s)'s labels ffep. B&W photographs throughout. 23 cm x 15 cm. 184 pp.

Seller Inventory # 003132

Bibliographic Details

• Title: . And Far from Home: Flying RAAF Transports in the Pacific War and After
• Publisher: The Macmillan Company of Australia Pty Ltd, South Melbourne, VIC
• Publication Date: 1985
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0333415078
• ISBN 13: 9780333415078
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

Gypsies in jungle greens, Flying the RAAF transports --
Survival, 'Four brown men crept out of the sea' --
Chariots without fire, Sketches of the squadrons --
Across the next ocean, To the Admiralties: 1944 --
Bill Newton VC, "The moving finger wrote.' --
Shangri-la, Escape from the hidden valley --
Dead island, Morotai: 1945 --
Home from hell, Flying out the prisoners --
First flight to Japan, 'Into skys not ours' --
Verdun, For whom the bell tolled --
A hair of the pig, To China for paint brushes:1946 --
Tokyo Airline, The Japan couriers --
The new breed, Pilots from Europe join the transports --
pacific pilot, David Hitchins AM AFC --
Pearls of great price, Anti-climax for the last courier --
Worms and early birds, An epilogue of Transport tales.