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Allen & Unwin, 2019. Softcover. AS NEW COPY!. AUSTRALIAN MILITARYÂ Â Â Â In March 1945 Reg Cleworth, a navigator on PBY Catalina seaplanes flying out of Darwin, went missing in action. No details were ever given about the incident that took his life, nor the reason his plane went down. For Reg's younger brother, Robert, the news came as a fulfilling prophecy. The last time they saw each other, Reg confided in Robert, 'I don't think I'm coming back'. Forty years later Robert decided to investigate what happened to his brother. What he uncovered was an extraordinary story of a covert Australian airborne mine-laying operation in cooperation with the US Seventh Fleet to disrupt the Japanese supply routes. One of the riskier and more dangerous RAAF undertakings of the Pacific War, secrecy restrictions were imposed on everyone involved. They were never formally lifted. Had it not been for a chance meeting that allowed Robert access to previously unopened files in the US national archives, this…
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- Title Raaf Black Cats: The Secret History of the Covert Catalina Mine-Laying Operations to Cripple Japan's War Machine
- Author Robert Cleworth; John Suter Linton
- Binding Paperback
- Pages 288
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Allen & Unwin
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps
- ISBN 9781760633066 / 1760633062
- Weight 0.9 lbs (0.41 kg)
- Dimensions 9 x 6 x 1 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 2.54 cm)
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- Chronological Period: 1940's
- Cultural Region: Australian
- Cultural Region: Oceania
- Library of Congress subjects United States, World War, 1939-1945
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2019401332
- Dewey Decimal Code 940.544
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Allen & Unwin, Australia, 2019. Softcover. New.. AUSTRALIAN MILITARYThe secret and dangerous operations of Australia's Pacific War Catalina crews told for the first time.In March 1945 Reg Cleworth, a navigator on PBY Catalina seaplanes flying out of Darwin, went missing in action. No details were ever given about the incident that took his life, nor the reason his plane went down. For Reg's younger brother, Robert, the news came as a fulfilling prophecy. The last time they saw each other, Reg confided in Robert, 'I don't think I'm coming back'.Forty years later Robert decided to investigate what happened to his brother. What he uncovered was an extraordinary story of a covert Australian airborne mine-laying operation in cooperation with the US Seventh Fleet to disrupt the Japanese supply routes. One of the riskier and more dangerous RAAF undertakings of the Pacific War, secrecy restrictions were imposed on everyone involved. They were never formally lifted.Had it not been for a chance meeting that…
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