Souvenir of Ninety-Four Gift Battleplanes which Helped Us to Victory [alternate title: Souvenir of the Australian and Malayan Battle Planes 1914-1918] de BAKER, C. Alma [Charles] - 1920
de BAKER, C. Alma [Charles]
Souvenir of Ninety-Four Gift Battleplanes which Helped Us to Victory [alternate title: Souvenir of the Australian and Malayan Battle Planes 1914-1918]
de BAKER, C. Alma [Charles]
- Usado
In the introduction, plantation owner and agriculturalist Alma Baker writes: 'during my visit to Australia in the early part of 1916, I came to the conclusion that there were many people living in the Commonwealth who, unable to go the front themselves, would be glad to subscribe towards battleplanes to represent them in the firing-line if an individual appeal be made.'
And so began the bold plan of gifting aeroplanes from Australia and Malaya for use in the European war. This book is a lavishly printed souvenir for presentation to donors and dignitaries. It lists the aeroplanes, typically costing some £2,700 apiece, along with their donors, including great Australians such as graziers Sidney Kidman and Henry White of Belltrees (who both respectively paid for two aeroplanes). Some were funded collectively, for example the citizens of both the Northern Territory and Far North Queensland separately raised the funds for aeroplanes. Each of the Australian gifts is illustrated in 21 fine photogravure plates.
A more detailed account of the practical and strategic use of the Australian and Malayan gifted aeroplanes is provided in a chapter of some 30 pages by Lieutenant-Colonel Boyd Cable of the Royal Air Force. This is followed by description and illustration of the Malayan effort. Noffsinger 66, revised edition 115; not listed in Myron Smith.
- Librería Independent bookstores (AU)
- Estado del libro Usado
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- Editorial The Field Press
- Lugar de publicación London
- Fecha de publicación 1920
- Palabras clave History & Biography|