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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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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
Subject
  • Australia. Royal Australian Air Force > Biography
  • Australia. Royal Australian Air Force > Airmen > Biography
  • Great Britain. Royal Air Force. Bomber Command > History
  • Australia. Royal Australian Air Force
  • Great Britain. Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
  • World War (1939-1945)
  • 1900-1999
  • Bomber pilots > Australia > Biography
  • Flight crews > Australia > Biography
  • World War, 1939-1945 > Europe > Aerial operations, British
  • World War, 1939-1945 > Participation, Australian
  • Lancaster (Bomber) > History > Biography
  • Armed Forces > Airmen
  • Bomber pilots
  • Flight crews
  • Lancaster (Bomber)
  • Military operations, Aerial > British
  • Military participation > Australian
  • Europe > History > 20th century > Biography
  • Australia > History, Military > 20th century > Biography
  • Australia
  • Europe
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
text
still 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
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