Down Under South-West Pacific Area
Sydney: Angus and Robertson Limited, 1943. Quarto, original blue cloth with embossed title on front cover and embossed illustration of Papua New Guinea and northern parts of Australia at the bottom right of the front cover, approximately 86 pp. (unpaginated), frontispiece, illustrated throughout with black and white photographs, drawings, and newspaper headlines from 'American Edition Guinea Gold' inscribed in black pen 'To George & Eunice, Having "blood" is thicker than water. Sincere friends I'll never forget, ever. Charlie Dec - 1943' Scarce copy. This publication serves as memento for the officers and men of the Fifth Bomber Command unit based in the South-West Pacific. The Fifth Bomber Command was a United States Army Air Forces unit which was disbanded in 1948. The unit took part in the defence of the Philippines in 1941 before being moved to Java to help delay the Japanese advance in what was then called the Netherlands Indies. In 1942, assumed control of AAF bombardment groups in Australia and New Guinea. This album includes the unit's activities though places and names are not mentioned. Dornbush. Item #4844
Price (AUD): $850.00