An Airman Far Away
Sydney: Kangaroo Press, 1993. Octavo, steel-blue hardcover, spine embossed with gilt lettering, vi, 242 pp., illustrated with black-and-white photographs throughout, some maps and documents included. Light spotting on top edge of text block, dust-jacket a little worn; otherwise a fine copy. First edition. A biography of Australian Charlie Williams, a wireless operator and air gunner during the Second World War. Williams was killed in 1943 when his Lancaster bomber collided with a high-voltage cable during the daring Dambusters Raid. Eric Fry recounts Charlie's brief life, and places the young man's experience in the greater context of twentieth-century history. Item #4549
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