Relentless Skies
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Relentless Skies
Volume 1 - The Most Efficient Airman (1910-1942)
Campbell, Ian
Leschenault Press
11/2024
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9781923020641
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Foreword i
Introduction iii
Acknowledgements ix
Maps xii
Author's Note xv
1. Decision Time at 'Kanimbla' 1
2. A Glimpse of the Future 4
3. The Last Hope of the Bennetts 7
4. Nil Sine Labore - the Brisbane Years 19
5. The Hinkler Effect 25
6. Entering the New World 33
7. Fighter Boy 50
8. Boats That Fly 59
9. Under Harris's Wing 68
10. Back to the Future 78
11. The Invisible Barrier Over the Horizon 83
12. The Unshackling Begins 90
13. The Vega's Leg 94
14. Ly and her Complete Air Navigator 107
15. Imperial, Empire and 'Empires' 119
16. Mercury and the Atlantic 136
17. Mercury and an Obsession with Records 171
18. War 187
19. Rescuing the Polish General Staff 196
20. Fast Tracking the Ferry 206
21. Beaten by Bottlenecks and Bowhill 223
22. A Very Short Hiatus 234
23. 77 Squadron - Enter the 'Hot' War 240
24. Bureaucracy Sows the Seeds of Bitterness 261
25. Shot Down 267
26. Escape 277
Appendix 1 Chronology 289
Appendix 2 Aircraft Don Bennett flew to July 1942 292
About the Author 293
Bibliography 294
Endnotes 310
Index
People 342
Places 351
Air Force 359
Aircraft 362
General 366
Introduction iii
Acknowledgements ix
Maps xii
Author's Note xv
1. Decision Time at 'Kanimbla' 1
2. A Glimpse of the Future 4
3. The Last Hope of the Bennetts 7
4. Nil Sine Labore - the Brisbane Years 19
5. The Hinkler Effect 25
6. Entering the New World 33
7. Fighter Boy 50
8. Boats That Fly 59
9. Under Harris's Wing 68
10. Back to the Future 78
11. The Invisible Barrier Over the Horizon 83
12. The Unshackling Begins 90
13. The Vega's Leg 94
14. Ly and her Complete Air Navigator 107
15. Imperial, Empire and 'Empires' 119
16. Mercury and the Atlantic 136
17. Mercury and an Obsession with Records 171
18. War 187
19. Rescuing the Polish General Staff 196
20. Fast Tracking the Ferry 206
21. Beaten by Bottlenecks and Bowhill 223
22. A Very Short Hiatus 234
23. 77 Squadron - Enter the 'Hot' War 240
24. Bureaucracy Sows the Seeds of Bitterness 261
25. Shot Down 267
26. Escape 277
Appendix 1 Chronology 289
Appendix 2 Aircraft Don Bennett flew to July 1942 292
About the Author 293
Bibliography 294
Endnotes 310
Index
People 342
Places 351
Air Force 359
Aircraft 362
General 366
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Don Bennett and the Pathfinders; The Pathfinder Force; New Biography of AVM Don Bennett; Australian Military Commanders in WWII; Royal Air Force Commanders in WWII; Aviation in the 1930s;Pioneer Aviators
Foreword i
Introduction iii
Acknowledgements ix
Maps xii
Author's Note xv
1. Decision Time at 'Kanimbla' 1
2. A Glimpse of the Future 4
3. The Last Hope of the Bennetts 7
4. Nil Sine Labore - the Brisbane Years 19
5. The Hinkler Effect 25
6. Entering the New World 33
7. Fighter Boy 50
8. Boats That Fly 59
9. Under Harris's Wing 68
10. Back to the Future 78
11. The Invisible Barrier Over the Horizon 83
12. The Unshackling Begins 90
13. The Vega's Leg 94
14. Ly and her Complete Air Navigator 107
15. Imperial, Empire and 'Empires' 119
16. Mercury and the Atlantic 136
17. Mercury and an Obsession with Records 171
18. War 187
19. Rescuing the Polish General Staff 196
20. Fast Tracking the Ferry 206
21. Beaten by Bottlenecks and Bowhill 223
22. A Very Short Hiatus 234
23. 77 Squadron - Enter the 'Hot' War 240
24. Bureaucracy Sows the Seeds of Bitterness 261
25. Shot Down 267
26. Escape 277
Appendix 1 Chronology 289
Appendix 2 Aircraft Don Bennett flew to July 1942 292
About the Author 293
Bibliography 294
Endnotes 310
Index
People 342
Places 351
Air Force 359
Aircraft 362
General 366
Introduction iii
Acknowledgements ix
Maps xii
Author's Note xv
1. Decision Time at 'Kanimbla' 1
2. A Glimpse of the Future 4
3. The Last Hope of the Bennetts 7
4. Nil Sine Labore - the Brisbane Years 19
5. The Hinkler Effect 25
6. Entering the New World 33
7. Fighter Boy 50
8. Boats That Fly 59
9. Under Harris's Wing 68
10. Back to the Future 78
11. The Invisible Barrier Over the Horizon 83
12. The Unshackling Begins 90
13. The Vega's Leg 94
14. Ly and her Complete Air Navigator 107
15. Imperial, Empire and 'Empires' 119
16. Mercury and the Atlantic 136
17. Mercury and an Obsession with Records 171
18. War 187
19. Rescuing the Polish General Staff 196
20. Fast Tracking the Ferry 206
21. Beaten by Bottlenecks and Bowhill 223
22. A Very Short Hiatus 234
23. 77 Squadron - Enter the 'Hot' War 240
24. Bureaucracy Sows the Seeds of Bitterness 261
25. Shot Down 267
26. Escape 277
Appendix 1 Chronology 289
Appendix 2 Aircraft Don Bennett flew to July 1942 292
About the Author 293
Bibliography 294
Endnotes 310
Index
People 342
Places 351
Air Force 359
Aircraft 362
General 366
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