Research Catalog

Title

Expose! : a history of searchlights in World War II / Noel F. Hill.

Author

Hill, Noel F. (Noel Francis), 1920-

Publication

Brisbane, QLD : Boolarong Publications, 1993.

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Holdings

Details

Description

x, 167 p. : ill.; 25 cm.

Subject

• Australia. Anti-aircraft Searchlights > History
• Searchlights
• World War, 1939-1945 > Antiaircraft artillery operations
• World War, 1939-1945 > Radar
• World War, 1939-1945 > Regimental histories > Australia
• World War, 1939-1945 > Technology

Note

• Includes index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1938 -- Few lights, much coast -- 1939- Lights -- 1940 -- Training and trained -- 1940 -- Home is where you make it -- 1940 -- A searchlight detachment -- 1940 -- Showbusiness -- 1941 -- Getting ready -- 1941 -- Manoeuvre -- 1942 -- Submarines & shells -- 1942 -- At grips with the Japs -- 1942 -- Night into day -- 1942 -- Northward bound -- 1943 -- Attack and defence -- 1943 -- Engineers to artillery -- 1943 -- Mainly Darwin -- 1943 Raids declining -- 1943 -- Moving, moving everywhere -- 1944 -- Teamwork -- 1944 -- Variety -- 1944 -- Spirit of progress -- 1944 -- The tide turns -- 1944 -- Destinies -- 1945 -- Curtains for some -- 1945 -- Action for others -- 1945 -- The AWAS -- The final assault 77 Bty, 78 Bty & 84 Bty -- Officers mentioned in the War Diaries.

ISBN

0864391609

LCCN

^^^94220923^

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library