Battle Order 204
Published on 1. April 2007
324 pages
978-1-74176-173-3 (ISBN)
Description
'Bomb doors open!'It was the call that haunted airmen's dreams.This is the story of an ordinary young Australian whose ambition to fly took him halfway round the globe during World War II - and the fateful mission when his plane was hit three times.'Battle Order 204 is about the quality of courage.Christobel Mattingley has written this book with compassion and insight, its presentation is gripping and moving.' Max Fatchen AM'Brilliant.At once uplifting yet thought-provoking; enlightening yet, of necessity, sad. There is a commendable balance of hard fact and human emotion elements, and I found it almost impossible to put down.' Mike Garbett, author of The Lancaster at War
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Language
English
Place of publication
Sydney
Australia
Publishing group
Allen & Unwin
Target group
Children/juvenile
File size
3,12 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-74176-173-3 (9781741761733)
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Content
- Front cover
- About the author
- Title page
- Contents
- 'Wings' by Cecil Roberts
- Battle Order 204 (1) Bomb Doors Open!
- 1 A Passion for Planes
- 2 Name, Rank and Number
- Battle Order 204 (2) D Dog
- 3 Slow Boat to Britain
- 4 Loving Life
- Battle Order 204 (3) Target Dortmund
- 5 Confronting Death
- 6 Airborne Again At Last
- 'High Flight' by John Gillespie Magee Jr
- 7 Wimpeys and Crewing Up
- 8 Heavies and 'Butch' Harris
- 'An Airman's Prayer' by Hugh Brodie
- 9 625 Squadron
- Battle Order 204 (4) Hit!
- 10 Holland, Happy Valley and France
- Battle Order 204 (5) Put on the Parachutes!
- 11 J Jig
- 12 Erks and Armourers
- 13 Holland and Operation Hurricane
- Battle Order 204 (6) Take Up Crash Positions!
- 14 'Three of our aircraft are missing'
- 15 'Bold, cautious, true, and my loving comrade'
- 16 G George and D Dog
- Battle Order 204 (7) A Perfect Landing
- 17 A Fractured Skull and a Headless Crew
- Battle Order 204 (8) Outstanding Devotion to Duty
- 18 'It is so good to be alive!'
- 19 Victory At Last!
- 20 'In hospital again. Nothing serious. Don't worry.'
- 21 Going Home
- Epilogue
- About the Others
- Writing Battle Order 204: a Love Story, NOT a Grocery List
- Acknowledgements
- About the Poems
- Glossary
- Sources
