Fearless : the extraordinary untold story of New Zealand's Great War airmen

By:

Claasen, Adam R. A, 1964-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: David Bateman New Zealand 2017.Description: 495 pages ; 26 cmISBN:

9780994140784
0994140789

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DDC classification:

940.44

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Non-Fiction - New Zealand	Pop-Up Library Non-Fiction	Non Fiction	940.44 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		A00764295

More than 1000 New Zealanders served in the Royal Flying Corps, Royal Naval Air Service and the Royal Air Force. Several, including Sir Keith Park, later became senior air commanders of the Second World War. Among them were leading air aces, including Keith Caldwell, Ronald Bannerman and the famous tennis player Anthony Wilding. A special type of New Zealander who craved risk and adventure, and who loved speed and engines, they went up in tiny, fragile aircraft to face enormous danger. If they survived their training - and many did not - then they had to survive encountering the German air aces. Historian Adam Claasen tells their fascinating and little-known story, and explains how their courage enabled military aviation to develop.

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