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Issue Details: First known date: 1957... 1957 101 Nights
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'A novel based on the wartime activities of 101 Squadron, Bomber Command, Royal Air Force, of which the author, an Australian, was a member.' (Libraries Australia record).

Notes

  • Dedication: To Dr Biaggini of Adelaide University
  • 'Briefing - This is the story not of the few but of the many; the true story of the Bomber Command. A special security release has enabled me to base the story on the hitherto secret activities of 101 Squadron. This is not a squadron history. Some events, times, and one significant code-name have been changed either for security or art.

    All the characters are imaginary and have no connection whatsoever with their true-life counterparts. I know of no true instance where a flyer was charged with sabotage, where a flight commander was posted from the squadron during a tour, or where a German 'Special' baled out over his homeland.' R.O. Fort Smith, Kenya.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • London,
      c
      England,
      c
      c
      United Kingdom (UK),
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      Cassell ,
      1957 .
      Extent: ix, 276p.p.
      Note/s:
      • Reviews: Air Mail, July/Aug. 1957, p.4.
    • Mile End, West Torrens area, Adelaide - South West, Adelaide, South Australia,: Wakefield Press , 2016 .
      image of person or book cover 936566389145034851.jpg
      Image courtesy of publisher's website.
      Extent: 375p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 15 July 2016
      ISBN: 9781743054055
Last amended 5 Sep 2016 11:22:05
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