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The Missing Man : From the Outback to Tarakan, the Powerful Story of Len Waters, Australia's First Aboriginal Fighter Pilot

The Missing Man : From the Outback to Tarakan, the Powerful Story of Len Waters, Australia's First Aboriginal Fighter Pilot

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The Missing Man : From the Outback to Tarakan, the Powerful Story of Len Waters, Australia's First Aboriginal Fighter Pilot

by Rees, Peter

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Sydney: Allen & Unwin. 2018. Very Good condition. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. xii, 348 pages. Len Waters was a Kamilaroi man. Born on an Aboriginal reserve, he left school at thirteen and by twenty was piloting a RAAF Kittyhawk fighter with 78 Squadron in the lethal skies over the Pacific in World War II. It was serious and dangerous work and his achievement was extraordinary. These would be the best years of his life. Respected by his peers, he was living his dream. The war over, it should have been easy. He believed he could 'live on both sides of the fence' and be part of Australia's emerging commercial airline industry. He had, after all, broken through the 'black ceiling' once before. Above all, he just wanted to fly. Instead, he became a missing man in Australia's wartime flying history.Peter Rees rights that wrong in this powerful, compelling and at times tragic examination of Len Water's life. . Reprint. Trade Paperback.

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Adelaide Booksellers AU (AU)
Bookseller's Inventory #
BIB323790
Title
The Missing Man : From the Outback to Tarakan, the Powerful Story of Len Waters, Australia's First Aboriginal Fighter Pilot
Author
Rees, Peter
Format/Binding
Trade Paperback
Book Condition
Used -
Edition
Reprint
Binding
Paperback
ISBN 10
1760296414
ISBN 13
9781760296414
Publisher
Allen & Unwin
Place of Publication
Sydney
Date Published
2018
Bookseller catalogs
Aborigines; Biography;

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Antiquarian and Secondhand Bookseller. Member ANZAAB.Founded in 1979, Adelaide Booksellers is one of Adelaide's oldest and most respected secondhand and antiquarian booksellers. Members of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Antiquarian Booksellers [ANZAAB]. Has Adelaide's most comprehensive selection of book on military history. Also a very good range of Australiana books, Childrens's Books, Art and History books.Something for every budget. Now primarily an online/telephone seller but open to the public by arrangement.

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