xiii, 127 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
regular print
Contents
Prologue -- Between the lines -- Age of innocence -- "The bugles are calling" -- "The progress of madness" -- Surviving training -- "He didn't like seaplanes" -- Liftoff : year of killing, 1916 -- Apogee : 1917 -- Eclipse : 1918 -- Remembrance -- Epilogue : a land fit for heroes? -- Acknowledgments : in search of a hero
Summary
Despite the recent outpouring in interest in our military heritage, Captain Alec Little, the young Victorian credited with 47 victories is virtually unknown to ordinary Australians. He was only 22 when he died in his Sopwith Camel in a solo night pursuit of German bombers above the Western Front on 27 May 1918
Analysis
Air forces & warfare (Australia)
Air warfare
Airforce personnel
Australian
Biography
Combat aircraft
Pilots (Aircraft)
World War 1
World War I (Australia)
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 123-124) and index
