DoP - April 2008,Australia 225x150mm /416pp Wing Commander Charles Learmonth, DFC and Bar, was a well-known flyer in World War 2, who was based in Pearce, Western Australia, and involved in the air search for HMAS Sydney. He fought in the skies of New Guinea, flying a twin-engine Boston attack bomber named 'She's Apples'. In January 1944, the then Commanding Officer of No22 Squadron, was killed at the age of 26 in a crash 30 kilometres north-west of Rottnest Island. Charles Page fills a significant gap in Australian World War II history. The deeds of Charles Learmonth and his 'band of brothers' deserve more than a shoebox full of aerogrammes held together with rubber bands."
Reviews
"A brilliant story, very informative on both the battles in New Guinea and the Boston and Beaufort planes. A cannot-put-down book." -- George Murdoch, Armchair Auctions 2008
Table of contents
Preface; Flight to Eternity; Carramar; Wings; Westward Bound; Charles and Marjorie; Eastward Bound; Boston Boys; Port Moresby; Boston Tea Parties; Goodenough Island; Beaufort Gremlins; Between Sea and Sky; Tail of a Beaufort; Echoes of Past Years; Epilogue; Notes; Index.
