Noble Six Hundred The Story of the Empire Training Scheme with Particular References to 674 Australians who Trained in Southern Rhodesia
Brighton, Australia: Privately printed, 1982. Octavo, navy-blue hardcover, spine embossed with gilt lettering, viii, 324 pp., ten additional leaves at back with uncommon pagination, frontispiece, illustrated endpapers, eight double-sided black-and-white plates, one appendix included. Lower spine end bumped, foxing and spotting on top and fore-edge of text block, foxing on endpapers and title page, edges of dust-jacket slightly worn; otherwise a very good copy. First edition. An account of the Empire Air Training Scheme (EATS), launched in 1940, which was designed to increase the number of able airmen in the Royal Air Force during World War Two. Winter chronicles the careers of 251 Australians who trained in Southern Rhodesia, who went on to fight with the RAF in every theatre of war, from the South West Pacific to Russia. While Winter details their specific experiences, he concludes that they were indicative of the experiences of the many men who trained under the scheme in other countries. Item #4616
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