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100			_aClaasen, Adam R. A., _911051 _d1964-
245	1	0	_aFearless : _bthe extraordinary untold story of New Zealand's Great War airmen
260			_bDavid Bateman _aNew Zealand _c2017.
300			_a495 pages ; _c26 cm.
500			_aMore 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.
650		0	_aWorld War, 1914-1918 _2fast _934256 _xAerial operations.
650		0	_aWorld War, 1914-1918 _xPersonal narratives _2fast _933094 _vPersonal narratives _zNew Zealand.
650		0	_aAirmen _934257 _vBiography. _zNew Zealand
650		0	_941590 _aWorld War, 1914-1918 _zNew Zealand.
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