y separately published work icon They Hosed Them Out : A Story of Australian Air Gunners in the Royal Air Force single work   novel   war literature  
Issue Details: First known date: 1965... 1965 They Hosed Them Out : A Story of Australian Air Gunners in the Royal Air Force
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Kent Town, Norwood, Payneham & St Peters area, Adelaide - North / North East, Adelaide, South Australia,:Wakefield Press , 2012 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Editor's Introduction, Robert Brokenmouth , single work criticism (p. 1-3)
Appendix One : Operation Oyster, Philips Radio Works, Eindhoven, 6 December 1942. Cusack's First Raid and Beyond, John Beede , single work prose war literature
Editor's abstract: 'With so many of its young men away in Europe as the Japanese threatened, as in the Great War, Australian newspapers and magazines published as much as they could about their boys fighting back. What follows is a compilation of exerpts from John Cusack's letters home to Dymphna Cusack and Cath Gunn as published in two Australian Newspapers, as well as relevant excerpts from contemporary newspaper articles.'
 (p. 307-311)
Appendix Two : Bomber's Leave - Surfing in Cornwall by 'Pilot-Officer John B. Cusack', John Beede , single work autobiography war literature (p. 312-314)
Note: Written as: John B. Cusack
Appendix Three : John Beede's War - and John Bede Cusack's War, Robert Brokenmouth , single work criticism
'John Bede Cusack's semi-fictional creation, John Beede, was an airgunner in four types of twin-engined aircraft, each designed before World War II. This appendix puts the experiences of the author and Beede into the context in which they found themselves.'
 (p. 315-324)
About the Author : A Memoir by His Daughter, Kerry McCouat , single work biography (p. 346-359)
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