Those Air Force Days (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: limited to 2000 copies
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Good
Markings: Signed,Previous owner
Condition remarks: Signed by the author; previous owner - N.T. Wood (name stamp), Ex RAAF No. 55183 (in ink) on the fep.
A rare and intimate first-hand account, Those Air Force Days chronicles the wartime and postwar experiences of an enlisted man in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) between 1942 and 1946. Written by Gordon Wallace (ex-RAAF No. 55181), this autobiographical work presents the everyday life of RAAF airmen with unflinching honesty — from the camaraderie and routines of active service to the often-overlooked challenges of the transition back to civilian life. It is both a pre-war and post-war autobiography, capturing a sweeping arc of one man's life shaped irrevocably by global conflict. Published as a limited edition of just 2,000 copies, this is a scarce and highly collectible volume that speaks to the broader Australian experience of World War II. Wallace's narrative voice is personal and unvarnished, offering readers something that official histories rarely provide — the human texture of service life. For collectors of Australiana, military history enthusiasts, and anyone drawn to authentic wartime memoir, this is an irreplaceable document of a generation whose stories deserve to be told and retold.
Author: Gordon Wallace
Format: Hardback
Published: 1986, Gordon Wallace
Genre: Australian history
Edition: limited to 2000 copies
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Good
Markings: Signed,Previous owner
Condition remarks: Signed by the author; previous owner - N.T. Wood (name stamp), Ex RAAF No. 55183 (in ink) on the fep.
A rare and intimate first-hand account, Those Air Force Days chronicles the wartime and postwar experiences of an enlisted man in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) between 1942 and 1946. Written by Gordon Wallace (ex-RAAF No. 55181), this autobiographical work presents the everyday life of RAAF airmen with unflinching honesty — from the camaraderie and routines of active service to the often-overlooked challenges of the transition back to civilian life. It is both a pre-war and post-war autobiography, capturing a sweeping arc of one man's life shaped irrevocably by global conflict. Published as a limited edition of just 2,000 copies, this is a scarce and highly collectible volume that speaks to the broader Australian experience of World War II. Wallace's narrative voice is personal and unvarnished, offering readers something that official histories rarely provide — the human texture of service life. For collectors of Australiana, military history enthusiasts, and anyone drawn to authentic wartime memoir, this is an irreplaceable document of a generation whose stories deserve to be told and retold.