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Crew : the story of the men who flew RAAF Lancaster J for Jig
- Title
- Crew : the story of the men who flew RAAF Lancaster J for Jig / Mike Colman.
- Author
- Colman, Mike
- Publication
- Crows Nest, NSW : Allen & Unwin, [2018]
- ©2018
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Details
- Description
- 326 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, facsimiles, portraits; 24 cm
- Summary
- The story of an RAAF Lancaster bomber crew shot down over France in 1944. On the evening of 24 February 1944, RAAF Lancaster bomber J for Jig took off from an airfield in Lincolnshire. On board was a crew of seven young men-five Australians, two Scots-whose mission was to bomb factories in Schweinfurt, Germany. But J for Jig never reached its target. It was shot down in the night skies over France. This book is about the seven lives on that aircraft-who they were, what they did, whom they loved, and whom they left behind. Some were to die that night, and others were to survive, withstanding incredible hardships and adventures as prisoners and evaders in a war that was far from over. Crew brilliantly recreates J for Jig's final mission but, more than that, in telling seven individuals' stories Mike Colman has captured the achievements, loss and the enduring legacy of the generation that fought in the Second World War.
- Alternative Title
- Story of the men who flew RAAF Lancaster J for Jig
- Subjects
- Europe
- Bomber pilots
- Australia > Royal Australian Air Force
- Flight crews
- Lancaster (Bomber)
- Bomber pilots > Australia > Biography
- Australia > Royal Australian Air Force > Biography
- World War, 1939-1945 > Participation, Australian
- Europe > History > 20th century > Biography
- World War (1939-1945)
- Military participation > Australian
- World War, 1939-1945 > Europe > Aerial operations, British
- 1900-1999
- Armed Forces > Airmen
- Australia > Royal Australian Air Force > Airmen > Biography
- Military history
- Military operations, Aerial > British
- Great Britain > Royal Air Force > Bomber Command > History
- History
- Flight crews > Australia > Biography
- Biography
- Australia > History, Military > 20th century > Biography
- Lancaster (Bomber) > History > Biography
- Genre/Form
- Biography.
- History.
- Military history.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-318) and index.
- Call Number
- JFE 19-1671
- ISBN
- 9781742379111
- 1742379117
- OCLC
- 1026418373
- Author
- Colman, Mike, author.
- Title
- Crew : the story of the men who flew RAAF Lancaster J for Jig / Mike Colman.
- Publisher
- Crows Nest, NSW : Allen & Unwin, [2018]
- Copyright Date
- ©2018
- Type of Content
- textstill image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-318) and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1900-1999
- Other Form:
- Online version: Colman, Mike. Crew. Crows Nest, NSW : Allen & Unwin, 2018 9781742695716 (OCoLC)1024284451
- Research Call Number
- JFE 19-1671