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Terence Kelly

Author of Hurricane over the jungle

16+ Works 116 Members

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Terence Kelly was a Hurricane pilot until his capture in 1941. He became a lawyer after the War but retired to write fiction. After four successful books, he turned to the theatre as a producer and playwright. He now has 10 books to his credit as well as three non-fiction including Hurricane Over show more The Jungle (Pen and Sword Books Ltd) show less

Also includes: Charles Russell (4)

Works by Terence Kelly

Hurricane over the jungle (1977) 31 copies

Hurricane and Spitfire Pilots at War (1986) 24 copies

By Hellship to Hiroshima (2006) 15 copies

Battle for Palembang (1985) 10 copies

Hurricanes Versus Zeros: Air Battles over Singapore, Sumatra and Java (2007) 8 copies

Hurricane in Sumatra (1991) 6 copies

Nine Lives of a Fighter Pilot: A Hurricane Pilot in World War II (2005) 4 copies

Long Live the Spy (1987) 4 copies

Living with Japanese (1997) 3 copies

Voyage Beyond Belief (1986) 3 copies

The Shuffle (2002) 2 copies

The Spy Is Dead (1988) 2 copies

The Deal (Jordan Saga) (2001) 1 copy

The Genki Boys (Four Square Books) (1993) 1 copy

Carnival in Trinidad and Other Stories (2001) 1 copy

Tasmania ahead: The State with the mighty potential 1 copy

Associated Works

Walking Tall [2004 film] (2004) — Actor — 200 copies

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules [2011 film] (2011) — Actor — 150 copies, 2 reviews

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days [2012 film] (2012) — Actor — 101 copies, 1 review

Window Wonderland [2013 TV movie] (2013) 3 copies, 1 review

A Doggone Christmas AKA Christmas Unleashed [2019 TV movie] (2019) 1 copy

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2-15-field-regiment (1) Air Force (2) as unthinkable defeat and humiliation became a reality. Kelly's account of the A-Bomb attack and the chaos that followed it is fascinating and rare.** (1) aviation (3) biography (2) British (2) Burma (2) crime (2) espionage (2) Far East (3) fiction (3) fighters (2) Great Britain - Royal Air Force - Fighter aircraft (1) he was a slave in the Hitachi shipyards where he got to know other Japanese and learn their language. His book reveals more about the psyche of his captors than other similar works. His Hiroshima camp was unique and was possibly the best camp in which the (1) history (5) hurricanes (2) Japan (2) Kindle WW II Pacific (2) military (3) MT (1) Pacific (3) POWs (2) prisoners-of-war-pacific (1) RAF (6) SB Library (2) Taken prisoner in Java (1) Terence Kelly's captivity was full of incident. He was witness to barbaric cruelty and suffering particularly on the journey packed into a filthy cargo ship under atrocious and inhumane conditions. Once in Japan (1) war-in-the-pacific (1) World War II Prisoners of the Japanese (1) WWII (16)

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Other names: Russell, Charles (pseudonym)
Birthdate: 1920
Gender: male
Occupations: fighter pilot

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Works: 16
Also by: 5
Members: 116
Popularity: #169,720
Rating: ½ 3.4

ISBNs: 34

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