Barney Greatrex : From Bomber Command to the French Resistance
by Veitch, Michael
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About This Item
Sydney: Hachette, 2017. 1st edition. As New. octavo. stiff wrappers xiii + 316pp., colour & b/w plates, index, ÔA school and university cadet in Sydney, Barney Greatrex signed up for RAF Bomber Command in 1941; bombing Germany night after night, Barney's 61 Squadron faced continual enemy fighter attacks and anti-aircraft fire - death or capture by the Nazis loomed large. Very few survived more than 20 missions, and it was on his 20th mission, in 1944, that Barney's luck finally ran out. He was rescued by the French Resistance & fought with them until liberationÕ
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- Title
- Barney Greatrex : From Bomber Command to the French Resistance
- Author
- Veitch, Michael
- Book Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st edition
- Publisher
- Hachette
- Place of Publication
- Sydney
- Date Published
- 2017
- Size
- octavo
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