Clive Caldwell, Air Ace
Clive Caldwell, Air Ace
Publisher: Kristen Alexander (Allen & Unwin Pty LTD) | 2006-01-07 | ISBN: 1741147050 | PDF | 344 pages | 1.4 MB
Publisher: Kristen Alexander (Allen & Unwin Pty LTD) | 2006-01-07 | ISBN: 1741147050 | PDF | 344 pages | 1.4 MB
Wow! The first book I've read that gives more than a passing glance to Australia's top-scoring (28 victories) ace of World War 2. I had searched for many years for a book dealing with Australia's use of Spitfires in the Second World War, and more significantly a book on Caldwell. Most of these books were either ridiculously over-priced imports or re-hashed works with pictures that had been previously published over-and-over in other publications. This is the first (and to my knowledge ONLY) book on Caldwell and the Spitfire pilots of Number 1 Wing, RAAF in Darwin during WW2. The book encompasses Caldwell's entire life, not just his time in Spits. From the day he was born, thru his time as a semi-pro athlete, to his enlistment in the RAAF and also encompassing his time with 112 Squadron in the African Desert during 1941 and 1942, where he scored 20 of his victories over the Germans and Italians. It also pays a full chapter-and-a-half to the unfortunate court martial he went thru at the end of the war (from which he emerged vindicated, if not cleared, but guilty of minor insubordinations) before closing with a chapter on his final years. Highly recommended!
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