Full title: Fire in the Sky [electronic resource] : The Australian Flying Corps in the First World War.

Author/creator: ProQuest (Firm), ProQuest Ebook Central, Molkentin, Michael.

Date: 2010..

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Record Identifier: 74Vvxa68yZRZ

Language: English

Formats: ebooks

Contents: 1 online resource (440 p.), Part title; Title page; Contents; Maps; Foreword; Text notes; Prologue: 5 September 1918, Douai sector, France; 1. 'This Portentous Omen': The birth of military aviation in Australia; 2. 'A Merry Life While it Lasts': Life and death in the Australian Flying Corps; 3. 'This God-forsaken Country': Egypt and Sinai, 1916; 4. 'An Intense Rivalry in the Air': War above the trenches, Gaza, January to August 1917; 5. 'A Regular God Damn Aviator': No.1 Squadron's coming of age; 6. 'An Extraordinary Fighting Force': Battle for the skies, summer 1918., 7. 'Nine Miles of Dead': The Battle of Megiddo, September and October 19188. 'Survival of the Luckiest': Training in Britain, 1917-18; 9. 'A Red Kangaroo on the Cowling': The Australian Flying Corps on the Western Front, 1917; 10. 'Absolute Hell Let Loose': The German spring offensives, 1918; 11. 'The Nearest Thing to a Holiday is a Wet Day': From German offensive to British counter-offensive, April to July 1918; 12. 'Down Where the War is Being Won': The British offensive, July and August 1918; 13. 'Good Sport to the Man in the Air': Fighting to the finish, September to November 1918., 14. 'It Will Surprise Most People to Find that the Australians Did So Much Flying': Legacy of the Australian Flying CorpsNotes; Note on sources and further reading; Acknowledgements; Bibliography; Index.

Publishers: Sydney : Allen & Unwin, 2010.

Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

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DDC: 940.44994 994.04

MMS ID: 991016757039702626