A Saga of Achievement A Story of the Men and Women who Maintained and Operated Radio and Radar Systems of the RAAF over 50 Years
Victoria, Australia: Bonall Publishing, 1978. Quarto, navy-blue hardcover, gilt embossed lettering on spine, [vi], 334 pp., frontispiece, illustrated with black-and-white photographs throughout, two appendices included. Spine ends and corners bumped, light foxing on leaf edges throughout, very light spotting on top edge of text block dust-jacket worn and torn with foxing on the inside, dust-jacket spine faded; otherwise, a very good copy. First edition. An account of the Royal Australia Air Force's radio organisation and the people in it. Group Captain E. R. Hall (Hon) (Ret), drawing on his own World War Two experiences as an RAAF expert in wireless communications, details the RAAF radio story beginning with the advent of the first wireless section in the Australian Flying Corps in 1916 through to the space age of the 1960s. Along with the history, Captain Hall recounts the human stories behind the technical face of RAAF radio with sensitivity and humour. Item #4456
Price (AUD): $70.00