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Memoirs of a reluctant batsman : New Zealand servicemen in the Fleet Air Arm 1940-45 / A.O. Masters.

Title
Memoirs of a reluctant batsman : New Zealand servicemen in the Fleet Air Arm 1940-45 / A.O. Masters.
Author
Masters, A. O.
Publication
London : Janus, 1995.

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xiii, 401 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., ports.; 23 cm.
Summary
  • Author's own reminiscences of serving in the Fleet Air Arm during World War II, as well as a compilation of memoirs of other New Zealanders in the same service.
  • This is a first-hand account of the involvement of New Zealand servicemen in the Fleet Air Arm during World War II. It is written with particular reference to the "forgotton fleet", the British Pacific Fleet in the Indian Ocean.
Subject
  • Air operations
  • Great Britain. Fleet Air Arm > Biography
  • Masters, A. O
  • New Zealanders > Great Britain
  • World War, 1939-1945 > Personal narratives
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
[A.O. Masters' memoirs] -- Lieutenant (A) Donald Cameron MID -- Lieut. (A) A.B. [Arch] Foley, RNZNVR -- Lieut. (A) Jack A Cramp, DSC, RNZNVR -- Lieut. (A) Richard F Mackie, DSC, MID, RNZNVR -- Lieut. Commander (A) A.S. [Alister] Macleod, DSC, RNZNVR -- Lieut. Commander (A) L. Gordon C. Reece, DSC, RNZNVR -- Sub Lieut. (A) L.J. (Bill) Ryan, MID, RNZNVR -- Sub Lieut. (A) Ian Stirling, DSC, RNZNVR.
ISBN
1857561481 :
LCCN
gb^96032903^
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library