Fire in the Sky : The Australian Flying Corps in the First World War by Michael Molkentin - 2010

Brand: Allen Unwin, 2010-11-01. paperback. Used: Good.

Sydney: Allen & Unwin. 2010. Very Good condition. Single light crease to spine. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Maps. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 404 pages. . 1st Edition. Trade Paperback.

Sydney: Allen & Unwin, 2010. Octavo, paperback, xx, 404 pp., plates. A near-fine copy. From the collection of the Australian Society of World War One Aero Historians, with associated stamps and markings. Using private letters, diaries and official records, historian Michael Molkentin reveals the story of the airmen and mechanics of the Australian Flying Corps.

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… Read More

Allen & Unwin, 2010. Paperback. New. 416 pages. 9.00x6.10x1.40 inches.