Item #4425 One Way Flight to Munich Memoirs of a 460 Squadron (RAAF) Navigator. Assheton F. TAYLOR.

One Way Flight to Munich Memoirs of a 460 Squadron (RAAF) Navigator

Loftus, Australia: Australian Military History Publications, 2000. Quarto, illustrated printed wrappers, [iv], 270 pp., additional pages at back (unpaginated) frontispiece, ten double-sided pages of black-and-white photographs included. A fine copy. Second edition. An account of the author's personal experiences during World War Two. Beginning with including service with the Sydney University Regiment and the Royal Australian Air Force from 1941 to 1945. Among the many vivid accounts of his time in the RAAF are Taylor's description of the harrowing mid-air explosion of his Lancaster bomber, which he and several of his fellow airmen miraculously survived; his capture and interrogation by German soldiers; and his life as a POW in Stalag IVb. Item #4425

Price (AUD): $60.00