Anzacs over England The Australian Flying Corps in Gloucestershire 1918-1919
Dover, USA: Alan Sutton, 1993. Octavo, illustrated printed wrappers, xiii, 142 pp., illustrated throughout with black-and-white photograph; some black-and-white maps, drawings and newspaper cuttings included. Spine edge rubbed with no loss of text, very light spotting on top of text block, otherwise a very good copy. First American edition. A history of Australian pilot training during World War One at Leighterton and Minchinhampton in the Cotswolds Hills. This account details the impact the men from the Australian Flying Corp, soon be sent to the Western Front, had on the local community. The men became so loved that several who died during or shortly after the war were buried in Leighterton. Item #4449
Price (AUD): $50.00