Are You There Don R?: Being The True Story Of The 18 Squadron N.E.I.- R.A.A.F. Forces From 1942 To 1950 (SIGNED)
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: No. 1265 of 2000 copies
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: Signed,Previous owner
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image; RSL stamps and name on the front and rear endpapers.
A rare and deeply personal account of wartime service in the Pacific theatre, Are You There Don R? chronicles the true story of the 18 Squadron N.E.I.–R.A.A.F., covering the years 1942 to 1950 and the everyday lives of its airmen during the harrowing air war over Darwin. Compiled directly from the scrap books of a despatch rider who served with the squadron for eighteen months, this intimate primary-source narrative puts the reader in the dust and heat of the Northern Territory front, presenting the human face of the Royal Australian Air Force's Netherlands East Indies forces with unflinching clarity. Wallace writes not as a detached historian but as a veteran witness, giving the work a raw authenticity that official histories rarely achieve. Published in a strictly limited edition of just 2,000 numbered copies, this self-published gem occupies a cherished place in the canon of Australian military memoirs — a grassroots document of sacrifice, camaraderie, and the often-overlooked Pacific dimension of the Second World War. Whether you are a collector of Australiana, a military history enthusiast, or simply drawn to stories of ordinary people thrust into extraordinary circumstances, this numbered copy represents an irreplaceable piece of living history.
Author: Gordon Wallace
Format: Paperback
Published: 1983, Gordon Wallace (self-published), Surrey Hills
Genre: Australian history
Edition: No. 1265 of 2000 copies
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: Signed,Previous owner
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image; RSL stamps and name on the front and rear endpapers.
A rare and deeply personal account of wartime service in the Pacific theatre, Are You There Don R? chronicles the true story of the 18 Squadron N.E.I.–R.A.A.F., covering the years 1942 to 1950 and the everyday lives of its airmen during the harrowing air war over Darwin. Compiled directly from the scrap books of a despatch rider who served with the squadron for eighteen months, this intimate primary-source narrative puts the reader in the dust and heat of the Northern Territory front, presenting the human face of the Royal Australian Air Force's Netherlands East Indies forces with unflinching clarity. Wallace writes not as a detached historian but as a veteran witness, giving the work a raw authenticity that official histories rarely achieve. Published in a strictly limited edition of just 2,000 numbered copies, this self-published gem occupies a cherished place in the canon of Australian military memoirs — a grassroots document of sacrifice, camaraderie, and the often-overlooked Pacific dimension of the Second World War. Whether you are a collector of Australiana, a military history enthusiast, or simply drawn to stories of ordinary people thrust into extraordinary circumstances, this numbered copy represents an irreplaceable piece of living history.