Lost Without a Trace Squadron Leader Wilbur Wackett, RAAFA Story of Bravery & Tragedy in the Pacific War
Canberra: Air Power Development Centre, 2011. Quarto, illustrated printed wrappers, x, 244 pp., frontispiece; illustrated throughout with black-and-white photographs, maps and documents; two appendices included. Top spine end bumped, library call number taped to spine without loss of text, Defence Library Service sticker on front cover and title page without loss of text; otherwise a very good copy. First edition. An account of the life, wartime activities and unsolved disappearance of Royal Australian Air Force's No. 31 Squadron Leader Wilbur Wackett, who's Beaufighter crashed in the Northern Territory following a strike mission over Japanese-occupied Timor. This volume was the winner of the 2010 RAAF Heritage Award. Item #4653
Ex-library book from Defence Library Service.
Price (AUD): $35.00