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245 1. $a Bomber boys $d Texte imprimé $e the extraordinary adventure of a group of airmen who escaped the Japanese and became
the RAAF's celebrated 18th squadron $f Marianne van Velzen
250 .. $u 1 $a 1st ed.
260 .1 $a Crows Nest (Australie) $c Allen & Unwin $d 2017
280 .. $a 1 vol. (XII-305 p., [16] p. de pl.) $c ill. $d 24 cm
300 .. $a Bibliogr. p. 301-304
330 .. $a March 1942. Singapore is about to fall. In Java, an Australian military dispatch rider
and a Dutch air force transport pilot embark on a frightening escape from the advancing
Japanese that takes them from Bandung to a crash landing just north of Darwin. Both
would join a unique band of flyers determined to strike back at the enemy. Bomber
Boys is the extraordinary and little known story of more than 100 Dutch airmen stranded
in Australia with no country to return to who were joined by a contingent of Australians
to make up the RAAF's No. 18 (Netherlands East Indies Squadron). Formed in Canberra
in April 1942, the squadron flew operational coastal patrols before eventually being
relocated to the secret MacDonald Airfield, north of Pine Creek in the Northern Territory
and then Batchelor near Darwin.This is, however, more than a story about the 900 bombing
raids, reconnaissance missions and attacks on Japanese shipping that the squadron
flew in its three years of existence under Australian control. At its heart, is a
powerful and compelling story of a group of very different men thrown together for
a common purpose and the strange and sometimes difficult friendships they formed
606 .. $3 12516120 $a Pilotes de bombardier $3 11930990 $y Australie $3 11976044 $z +* 1900......- 1945......+:1900-1945:
