Wings of Destiny Wing Commander Charles Learmonth, DFC and Bar and the Air War in New Guinea

by Page, Charles

• ISBN13: 9781877058646
• ISBN10: 1877058645
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-04-01
• Publisher: Rosenberg Publishing

Summary

Wing Commander Charles Learmonth, DFC and Bar, was a well-known flyer in World War 2, who was based in Pearce, Western Australia, and involved in the air search for HMAS Sydney. He fought in the skies of New Guinea, flying a twin-engine Boston attack bomber named 'She's Apples'. In January 1944 the then Commanding Officer of No22 Squadron, was killed at the age of 26 in a crash 30 kilometres north-west of Rottnest Island. Learmonth Airport was named in his honour. In WINGS OF DESTINY, which is an extensively researched biography of Learmonth and study of his character and achievements, Charles Page fills a significant gap in Australian World War II history. It is, page writes, "a story that needed to be told. The deeds of Charles Learmonth and his 'band of brothers' deserve more than a shoebox full of aerogrammes held together with rubber bands."

Table of Contents

Maps and Diagrams	p. 12
Illustrations	p. 13
Abbreviations	p. 15
Conversion Table	p. 16
Preface	p. 17
Flight to Eternity	p. 21
Carramar	p. 35
Wings	p. 50
Westward Bound	p. 61
Charles and Marjorie	p. 100
Eastward Bound	p. 126
Boston Boys	p. 141
Port Moresby	p. 166
Boston Tea Parties	p. 226
Goodenough Island	p. 262
Beaufort Gremlins	p. 294
Between Sea and Sky	p. 316
Tail of a Beaufort	p. 339
Echoes of Past Years	p. 351
Epilogue	p. 367
Notes	p. 375
Bibliography	p. 399
Index	p. 406
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