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Fire in the Sky: The Australian Flying Corps in the First World War
by Molkentin, Michael
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition
- ISBN 10
- 1742370721
- ISBN 13
- 9781742370729
- Seller
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About This Item
Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 2010. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good Condition. First impression. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 404 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Pages lightly tanned throughout. Edges browned slightly. This book is available and ready to be shipped.. When World War I began in August 1914, airplanes were a novelty, barely a decade old. Despite this, Australia was one of just a few nations outside Europe to establish a military flying school and corps. From a first class of four student pilots the Australian Flying Corps would grow to number almost 4000 by the armistice. Its young volunteers were pioneers in a completely new dimension of warfare as they struggled for control of the skies over the Western Front and Middle East. Using private letters, diaries, and official records, historian Michael Molkentin reveals, for the first time in more than 90 years, the remarkable story of the airmen and mechanics of the Australian Flying Corps. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Military & Warfare; Australia; 1900-1920; ISBN: . ISBN/EAN: 9781742370729. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 8623. . 9781742370729
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- Bookseller
- Great Southern Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8623
- Title
- Fire in the Sky: The Australian Flying Corps in the First World War
- Author
- Molkentin, Michael
- Format/Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 1742370721
- ISBN 13
- 9781742370729
- Publisher
- Allen & Unwin
- Place of Publication
- Sydney
- Date Published
- 2010
- Keywords
- BZDB137 australian History, Military History, World War 1 Books, Air Forces & Warfare, raaf Military & Warfare; Australia; 1900-1920; EAN: 9781742370729 Molkentin, Michael Fire in the Sky: The Australian Flying Corps in the First World War
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