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Aces and Kings
Sydney
:
Angus and Robertson
,
1935
Z1320193
1935
single work
autobiography
war literature
The author of this exceptionally interesting book was a pilot in 67 Squadron (Australian) R.F.C., in Palestine during the war. He describes the Squadron, its life and adventures. No more interesting chapters in the literature of the war have been published than those here, on Lawrence of Arabia, Ross Smith and the "kings of Men" (in which he pays tribute to the chivalry of Felmy and other German airmen). No passage from war literature is more tragic than the author's chapter "Nine Miles of Dead", in which he describes the slaughter of two Turkish Armies by the Royal Flying Corps. Aces and Kings is an unaffected history of the Australian "Warbirds" and mingles gallant adventure, humourous incident, and vivid description. (p.1, John Hamilton publisher's blurb included in Exit Simeon Hex, 1930)
London
:
Greenhill
,
1985
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