| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 136 pages) |
| Series |
Heritage series |
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Aitihya granthamālā.
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| Contents |
Chapter 1. The great Aquitania 'mutiny' -- Chapter 2. Strictly unofficial -- Cat among the jacarandas -- Dangerous prisoner escort -- Desert racers -- Dressed in pink -- Japs surrender to 'Ned Kelly' -- Lancaster under the harbour bridge -- Parachute action in Java -- Chapter 3. Beating the system -- A Convenient oil leak --Beating the censors -- Blackmarket meals in Lincolnshire -- Christmas Day at the workhouse -- Defending the indefensible -- Dicing at Drogue Towing -- Dinkum debriefing -- Flight Sergeant Pongo joins the mess -- Disappearing beds and a riot -- Landing a tiger - backwards -- Mandrake takes a shortcut -- Snowprints in Westphalia -- Synagogue jackpot --The Blenheim that floated -- How to win friends in Canada -- The flying porter -- The Navy gets even -- Too many bodies for breakfast -- Pancho makes quartermaster - Chapter 4. Messes and mischief -- A Bed in town -- Art on the ceiling -- Adjutant sees red -- 'Grand' Christmas carols -- Inducting army types -- Oppy and the Malvern Star -- Pier party at Cleethorpes -- Searchlights at Gibraltar -- Surfboat in the Mess -- 'Tarz' opens the mess -- The Austin 7 'Present' -- The perfect valet -- Wind test Was a bummer -- Chapter 5. Pubs and pranks -- Abandoned earl to the fore -- Air test to Eire -- Another Glen Miller story -- Crewing up -- 'Flak' at Maryborough -- Italian 'battle casualty' exposed -- London's beer-proof piano -- Raising the no-wind sign -- The unmentionable flag parade --Those Brighton route marches -- Chapter 6. Ships and shambles -- Into Davy Jones' locker -- Nearly a king hit -- Night raids on the Cape Flattery -- Troopships - from luxury travel to 'hell-ships' -- Chapter 7. Innovative transport -- An MG record? -- Carefree car capers -- From Wimpys to Matildas -- Milne Bay poultry lift -- Pullman pranks -- Queensland train hi-jack -- Steam-powered transport -- Swapping a tank for a lib -- Wayward bicycles-- Chapter 8. The romance factor -- Ambulance affairs -- Is there nowhere private? -- Doing her bit for the war effort -- The Reluctant draftees -- Chapter 9. Loosening up on leave -- All is revealed at Blackpool -- ANZAC Day in New York -- Boomerang Club memories -- Leave on the Norfolk Broads -- Lighter moments remembered -- Not really Ghand-Eye -- Perils of strange cities -- Sailboats at Algiers -- Tough war in Nassau -- Chapter 10. Diverse departures from duty -- Bailing out at Nought Feet -- Bugle call at daybreak -- Don't drink the water -- Fair game at Fairoaks -- Hot hygiene up north -- It was different in Russia -- Jerries show their sense of humour -- Milton remembered -- Mines for speed -- Termite territory -- Shot down in Sydney -- Prunery award to air gunner -- The Grouper, movie-maker -- Who done it? - Chapter 11. Lineshootshose +À |
| Summary |
Humorous stories, told by RAAF personnel, of unofficial incidents in the Second World War |
| Analysis |
Australian |
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Humour |
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Royal Australian Air Force |
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World War 2 |
| Notes |
"1997 RAAF Heritage award winner" |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Commonwealth of Australia 1998 |
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Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 1998 |
| Subject |
Australia. Royal Australian Air Force -- Humor.
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Australian wit and humor.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, Australian -- Humor.
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| Author |
Brown, Eric (J. Eric), editor
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RAAF Air Power Studies Centre, issuing body
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| ISBN |
0642265151 (PDF) |
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