Battle Order 204
by Christobel Mattingley
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David's boyhood dreams of flying led him to England for months of training to be a bomber pilot in World War II at age 19, but his final flight was a nightmare. Seconds after the bombs were released, David was wounded in five places and his fellow pilot Dog was hit. Flying metal slashed his right knee, thigh, and shoulder; the tendons and artery in his right hand were severed; and shrapnel ripped through his thick leather helmet, fracturing his skull as his aircraft went into a dive. This show more riveting true story takes young people through the events of a young WWII pilot's heroic journey show lessTags
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I have read many memoirs of men who flew in bombers over Europe & Japan but this is the first I have read about an Australian flier and this one was a pilot. Perhaps most interestingly, it was written by his wife, an accomplished Australian writer of 47 books. She chronicles his training and eventual arrival in Britain where he experienced life on a RAF bomber base. She used diaries of her husbands and other crew members plus official sources to fill out the events that the crew faced during their trips of terror over Europe. She spends a great amount of time explaining how air crews were briefed for each trip and how each member of the crew tested their part of the aircraft before they left the ground. Includes many photos taken by show more members of the crew. The title refers to the sortie number on which Mattingley's husband & his engineer were wounded ending their participation in the War. show less
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Christobel Mattingley was born at Brighton, South Australia, on October 26, 1931. She started writing when she was 10, in the children's pages of a nature magazine. While her children were growing up, she worked as a librarian in schools and a teacher's college. Her first book was published in 1970 and she has been a full time writer since 1974. show more Mattingley is the author of 42 books. Some have been shortlisted for awards, and some have won awards. Cockawun and Cockatoo was named a Notable Book in the Children's Book Council Awards for 2000 and received a Certificate of Merit in the Whitley Awards for the Best Children's Novel of 2000 of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales.She has also received an Advance Australia Award, an Honorary Doctorate of the University of South Australia, and been made a Member of the Order of Australia for my contribution to literature. She won the inaugural Children¿s Book Council of Australia Junior Book of the Year Award in 1982 for Rummage. The Race was an Honour Book in the 1996 Children¿s Book Council of Australia Picture Book of the Year Awards. As well as writing for children, Christobel has written film scripts, short stories, articles and poetry. In 1990 she received the Advance Australia Award for Service to Literature, and in 1996 she was made a Member of the Order of Australia for service to literature, particularly children's literature, and for community service through her commitment to social and cultural issues. No Gun for Asmir received a High Commendation in the Australian Human Rights Awards of 1994. In 1990 she received the ultimate accolade an Advance Australia Medal for her contribution to literature in Australia. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Nonfiction, Tween, Teen
- DDC/MDS
- 940.544994 — History & geography History of Europe History of Europe 1918- Military history of World War II Air operations Operations of specific countries
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- D792 .A8 .M325 — History of Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania History (General) World War II (1939-1945)
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