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Author Australia. Royal Australian Air Force.

Title These eagles : story of the R.A.A.F. at war / prepared by R.A.A.F. Directorate of Public Relations
Published Canberra : Australian War Memorial, 1942

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Location Call no. Vol. Availability
 ADPML SPC  940.544944 Aus/Tes 1942  LIB USE ONLY
Description 200 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 29 cm
Series Royal Australian Air Force ; vol.1
Royal Australian Air Force ; vol.1
Contents Foreword -- Message from C.A.S. -- On all fronts -- Ubiquity -- Heroes in mufti -- Miracle -- Blitz boys -- Twelve to one -- 10 Miles-a-minute dive -- Man-hunt -- Porcupines -- U-boat hunters -- For valour -- Home town hero -- Brest sorties -- Ferry fame -- Against Rommel -- Desert stooge -- Air swat -- Syrian triumph -- Eyes for the Army -- One of our planes is down -- But the pilot is safe -- Desert dogfighters -- Twenty scalps -- New old contemptibles -- Private war -- Ambon outpost -- Wolf at the door -- New Guinea reverie by N.T.G. -- Back from the grave -- Sea saga -- "He altogether long way" -- Sky patrol -- Ground staff blokes -- Oddity -- Stratobuses -- Out of control - by Flight Sergeant T.T.H
Notes Reprinted 1950, 1953, 1954
Originally presented to Miss Winifred Hay Lawrence as a Christmas gift in 1942. Winifred was stationed at Batchelor during the bombing of Darwin in February 1942 before moving south to Melbourne. Donated by her son Peter Bruce Tebby 2016
Subject Australia. Royal Australian Air Force -- History -- World War, 1939-1945
Air pilots -- Australia.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, Australian.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, Northern Territory
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations.
Author Australia. Royal Australian Air Force. Directorate of Public Relations
Australian War Memorial.
LC no. 44004215
OTHER TI Australian war memorial, Canberra