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Clipped Wings - Illustrated Diary of My RAF Service in India & Burma 1942-1946 by CPL Peter Walker (Hardcover) Loot Price: R789
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Clipped Wings - Illustrated Diary of My RAF Service in India & Burma 1942-1946 by CPL Peter Walker (Hardcover):

Clipped Wings - Illustrated Diary of My RAF Service in India & Burma 1942-1946 by CPL Peter Walker (Hardcover)

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Inspired by the discovery of her father's long-forgotten photos, diaries and letters from home, the author set about creating this book as a tribute to the bravery and sacrifices made by the armed forces in the often over-looked Indian sub-continent area of conflict, 5,000 miles away from home. Now, after six years of work and research, this book has culminated in a tremendous insight into the appalling hardships and working conditions as well as the ingenuity of the often forgotten RAF ground crew who kept the warbirds in the air. Deprived by the RAF of his Pilot's Licence due to colour blindness, Peter was based firstly in central India, maintaining old planes that were already obsolete, and then in Burma where the ground crew were also flying as cargo handlers and stretcher bearers, having to land and take off in the most hazardous of conditions on short bush strips hacked out of the Japanese-infested jungles.

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Imprint: Elizabeth Dent Publishing
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: June 2017
Dimensions: 234 x 156 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
ISBN-13: 978-0-9955810-1-2
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Essays, journals, letters & other prose works > General
Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Military history
Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > Military life & institutions > Regiments
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Military history
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LSN: 0-9955810-1-0
Barcode: 9780995581012

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