Anson, Hudson & Sunderland in Australian Service
Western Creek, ACT, Australia: Aerospace Publications, 1992. Quarto, dark-green hardcover, gilt lettering on spine and front cover, 212 pp., two additional leaves of publisher's advertisements at back, illustrated throughout with colour and black-and-white photographs. Very light foxing on edges of endpapers, a black-and-white stamp with a name and address is on the contents page, very light wear on top edge of dust-jacket; otherwise a near-fine copy. First edition, Book 9 in Wilson's "Australian Air Power" series.
Prolific Australian author and aviation writer Stewart Wilson created his epic series of 13 aircraft books between 1988 and 1994. In this volume, he covers the Royal Australian Air Forces' use of Anson, Hudson and Sunderland aircraft. The Avro Anson was considered an advanced aeroplane even in the 1930s and was introduced into the RAAF in 1936. The versatile Lockheed Hudson provided the service's main offence in the very early days of the war against Japan, and the Sunderland flying boat played a major part in the RAAF's achievements during World War Two. Item #5054
A black-and-white stamp on the contents page includes the names "P & J Grundy" and an address in Harbord, NSW.
Price (AUD): $130.00