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Author Ralph, Barry.

Title Savage wilderness : the epic outback search for the crew of Little Eva : the ultimate World War II survivor story / Barry Ralph
Published St Lucia, Qld. : University of Queensland Press, 2004

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 MELB  940.544973 Ral/Swt  AVAILABLE
Description xii, 209 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, facsimiles, maps, portraits ; 23 cm
regular print
Summary On 2 December 1942, the B-24 Liberator, Little Eva, returning from a mission over New Guinea, was thrown off course by a violent storm. Running out of fuel and with no fix on their position, the American crew had no option but to bail out. So began one of the longest and most arduous searches ever mounted in the Australian outback
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Sources: pages [195]-197
Subject Little Eva (Bomber)
Survival.
Airplanes, Military -- Accidents -- Australia -- Queensland.
B-24 (Bomber) -- Accidents -- Australia -- Queensland.
Aircraft accidents -- Australia -- Queensland.
Airplanes, Military -- Accidents.
Consolidated B-24 Liberator airplane -- Accidents -- Queensland
Aircraft accidents -- Australia -- Queensland -- Moonlight Creek
Shipwreck survival.
Survival at sea.
Airplane crash survival.
Aircraft accidents -- Australia -- Queensland -- 1942
Search and rescue operations -- Australia -- Queensland.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Papua New Guinea -- Aerial operations, American.
Aircraft accidents -- Australia -- Queensland -- History.
Airplanes, Military -- Accidents -- Australia -- Queensland -- History.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Search and rescue operations -- Australia.
Airplane crash survival -- Australia -- Northern Territory.
SUBJECT Queensland -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008116481
Genre/Form History.
LC no. 2005280279
ISBN 0702234435 :