High Adventure: The Autobiography Of Australia's Most Famous W.W.1 Flying Ace
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Good.
Few names loom as large in the annals of Australian military aviation as Arthur Henry Harry Cobby — the highest-scoring Australian flying ace of the First World War, credited with 29 aerial victories and decorated with the Distinguished Service Order and the Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar. High Adventure is the gripping firsthand account of Cobby's extraordinary journey from a young Melbourne bank clerk to the most celebrated fighter pilot Australia produced in the Great War, chronicling his transformation through the brutal, exhilarating theatre of the Western Front's aerial combat. Written with the directness and modesty characteristic of the men of his generation, Cobby's autobiography presents a vivid portrait of a lost world — the canvas-and-wire biplanes, the camaraderie of the RFC and AFC squadrons, and the terrifying, intimate nature of dogfighting above the trenches. A landmark document of Australian military history, High Adventure stands as both a personal testament and a tribute to the courage of an entire generation of airmen. For anyone captivated by the dawn of military aviation or the Australian experience of the Great War, this account raises a haunting question: what drove ordinary men to perform such extraordinary acts in the skies above a broken continent?
Author: A.H. Cobby
Format: Hardback
Published: 1981, Kookaburra Technical Publications Pty. Ltd.
Genre: WW1
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Good.
Few names loom as large in the annals of Australian military aviation as Arthur Henry Harry Cobby — the highest-scoring Australian flying ace of the First World War, credited with 29 aerial victories and decorated with the Distinguished Service Order and the Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar. High Adventure is the gripping firsthand account of Cobby's extraordinary journey from a young Melbourne bank clerk to the most celebrated fighter pilot Australia produced in the Great War, chronicling his transformation through the brutal, exhilarating theatre of the Western Front's aerial combat. Written with the directness and modesty characteristic of the men of his generation, Cobby's autobiography presents a vivid portrait of a lost world — the canvas-and-wire biplanes, the camaraderie of the RFC and AFC squadrons, and the terrifying, intimate nature of dogfighting above the trenches. A landmark document of Australian military history, High Adventure stands as both a personal testament and a tribute to the courage of an entire generation of airmen. For anyone captivated by the dawn of military aviation or the Australian experience of the Great War, this account raises a haunting question: what drove ordinary men to perform such extraordinary acts in the skies above a broken continent?