Out of the Blue : A Pilot with the Chindits
by Terence O'Brien
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0002171988
- ISBN 13
- 9780002171984
- Seller
-
Traralgon, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Collins, UK, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. Hardcover. 272 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Collins, UK, 1984. First Edition. *** CONDITION: The book itself is in very good condition and comes in fine dust jacket. More specifically: Boards have no wear, rubbing or soiling. Dust jacket is in excellent condtion. . Dust jacket is protected in clear, plastic sleeve. Pages are reasonably tanned. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: Terence O'Brien, a young Australian, had already survived a full tour of bombing missions with Coastal Command, and should have been resting from operations at the RAF's request, when he volunteered to join the Chindits - army units operating behind enemy lines in Burma who depended on air communications for their very existence. This is O'Brien's memoir of his days with the 4/9th Gurkhas in the remote mountainous region between northern Burma and Yannan - among the strangest and most exacting military undertakings of World War II. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Military & Warfare; ISBN: 0002171988. ISBN/EAN: 9780002171984. Inventory No: 19060281.. 9780002171984
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Details
- Bookseller
- Manyhills Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19060281
- Title
- Out of the Blue : A Pilot with the Chindits
- Author
- Terence O'Brien
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0002171988
- ISBN 13
- 9780002171984
- Publisher
- Collins
- Place of Publication
- UK
- Date Published
- 1984
- Keywords
- BZDB5 Military & Warfare; Out of the Blue : A Pilot with the Chindits
- Bookseller catalogs
- Military & Warfare;
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