They Shall Not Pass Unseen
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Chipped and worn with moderate loss; price clipped. Page Condition: Yellowed. Markings: unmkd. Binding condition: Binding intact.
In the vast, unforgiving expanses of ocean during the Second World War, a small band of Australian airmen flew Sunderland flying boats on gruelling, hours-long patrols, hunting German U-boats and protecting the vital Allied supply lines that kept the war effort alive. They Shall Not Pass Unseen chronicles the extraordinary true story of No. 461 Squadron RAAF, whose crews faced not only the ever-present threat of enemy submarines but the merciless conditions of the Atlantic and its brutal weather. Ivan Southall reconstructs each patrol with meticulous detail, drawing on personal testimony and official records to bring the tension, camaraderie, and courage of these men vividly to life. Southall, himself a wartime RAAF navigator and decorated veteran, writes with an authority and intimacy that no outside observer could replicate — this is history felt from the inside, rendered with the precision of a pilot's logbook and the pulse of firsthand experience. The result is a gripping testament to duty, endurance, and sacrifice that raises a profound question: how many lives were saved by men whose names the world would never know?
Author: Ivan Southall
Format: Hardback
Published: 1956, Angus & Robertson
Genre: WW2
Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Chipped and worn with moderate loss; price clipped. Page Condition: Yellowed. Markings: unmkd. Binding condition: Binding intact.
In the vast, unforgiving expanses of ocean during the Second World War, a small band of Australian airmen flew Sunderland flying boats on gruelling, hours-long patrols, hunting German U-boats and protecting the vital Allied supply lines that kept the war effort alive. They Shall Not Pass Unseen chronicles the extraordinary true story of No. 461 Squadron RAAF, whose crews faced not only the ever-present threat of enemy submarines but the merciless conditions of the Atlantic and its brutal weather. Ivan Southall reconstructs each patrol with meticulous detail, drawing on personal testimony and official records to bring the tension, camaraderie, and courage of these men vividly to life. Southall, himself a wartime RAAF navigator and decorated veteran, writes with an authority and intimacy that no outside observer could replicate — this is history felt from the inside, rendered with the precision of a pilot's logbook and the pulse of firsthand experience. The result is a gripping testament to duty, endurance, and sacrifice that raises a profound question: how many lives were saved by men whose names the world would never know?