…in tours organised by his son Neil. Those interested can find more information at the following websites – https://strangersinthelivingroom.com/9657/crows-flight-the-greatest-escape-of-wwii/ and https://thecrowsflight.com/all_tours/the-greatest-escape/. Neil Churches’ The Greatest Escape is published by Pan…
…for dear life. Lyle made excellent progress and was studying for the qualifying test to become a Captain. He had completed all the exams except one, when he received his…
…graphics, & maps, to supplement a text that examines the intricate mesh of Defence Committees, contacts between individual Royal Engineers acting as colonial agents, and the direct negotiations carried out…
…to form a crucial part the overall Borneo campaign plan; the personality clashes and command problems in the RAAF’s high command; the long delay in making the Tarakan airstrip ready…
…their lives. He brings these together to allow the reader to become acquainted with the six soldiers, before they hear of their exploits in combat. You come away feeling you…
…for the Oxford Companion to Military History (2001) and the entry on Charles Bean for the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (2006). Reviewed for RUSIV by Robert Dixon, November 2023…
…Released: March 2023 – Price: $49.95 – With many never-before-published illustrations. Recruited under the Dominion Yachtsmen Scheme, their war service in the Northern Hemisphere was as diverse as it was…
…out to this song being played. And it all began here some 70 years ago. Download “Bob Shields and Camp Murphy, 1942.” From “The Yorker” Issue 41, Autumn 2010 Download…
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