Wings for Warriors A Photographic History of the Australian Flying Corps and the Royal Australian Air Force
Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service, 1995. Quarto, pale-grey cloth, gilt embossed lettering on spine, viii, two additional preliminary leaves (unpaginated), 70 pp., illustrated endpapers, illustrated with colour and black-and-white photographs throughout. Foxing on first and last few leaves, light spotting on top of text block, pale transfer of text from leaf 68 to 69 with no loss of text on leaf 68, otherwise a very good copy. First edition. A collection of photographs, mostly taken by Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) cameramen, depicting the history of the Australian Flying Corps and the RAAF. Released in 1995 to mark the RAAF's 75th anniversary, this volume covers significant eras in Australia's aviation history, from the earliest days of training in the 1920s to the RAAF's involvement in the Vietnam War, as well as the development of aviation technology. Item #4451
Price (AUD): $170.00