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Boards. 1st edition. 8vo, cloth boards, dustjacket, b&w plates, endpaper maps, pp 155. Scarce as first. Some rubbing to edges, clean, very good condn in like d.j.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. photographs and end page maps (illustratore). First Edition. Signed by Author on title page. The dustwrapper has slight damage at the head and tail of the very slightly faded spine. The book has NO damage. The author has reconstructed the story of the 2600 prisoners of Sardakan P.O.W. camp in British North Borneo during WWII. It is a chronicle of terrible deprivation which will sicken even those with strong hearts. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. VIII, 156 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: photographs and end page maps. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Military & Warfare; World War, 1939-1945 - Prisoners and prisons, Japanese.; Borneo; Signed by Author on title page. ISBN: 0959531807. ISBN/EAN: 9780959531800. Inventory No: 0253269.

1st edition dust jacket Nice Copy octavo vii + 155pp., b/w plates, map, index, Account of the Sandakan POW Camp in British North Borneo. Neat ownership inscription o/w nice copy.

Hardcover in Dustjacket. Condizione: FINE. After the fall of Singapore and Borneo to the Japanese, a Prisoner of War Camp was established just outside of Sandakan to house approximately 750 British and more than 1650 Australian prisoners who were sent to the camp during the period 1942-43. In 1945, when the Japanese started to realise that the war may have been lost, and the Allies were closing in, the emaciated prisoners were force marched, in three separate marches, to the village of Ranau in the jungle, 250 km away, under the shadows of Mount Kinabalu. #0121 First Edition (Fine in very slightly edgeworn dustjacket.) Signed by Author. pp. 155 illusts. SCARCE Elizabeth's Bookshops have been one of Australia's premier independent book dealers since 1973. Elizabeth's family-owned business operates four branches in Perth CBD, Fremantle (WA), and Newtown (NSW). All orders are dispatched within 24 hours from our Fremantle Warehouse. All items can be viewed at Elizabeth's Bookshop Warehouse, 23 Queen Victoria Street\, Fremantle WA.

1st edition dust jacket Nice Copy octavo vii + 155pp., b/w plates, map, index, Account of the Sandakan POW Camp in British North Borneo.

Hardcover in Dustjacket. Condizione: FINE!. AUSTRALIAN MILITARY Revised Limited Edition. SCARCEThe detailed history of No 460 Squadron RAAF.No. 460 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, was formed at Molesworth in the United Kingdom on 15 November 1941. It was an âArticle XV Squadronâ, formed in accordance with agreements that implemented the Empire Air Training Scheme. The squadron became part of the Royal Air Forceâs Bomber Command and joined the strategic bombing campaign against Germany. Equipped with Vickers Wellington bombers, it mounted its first raid, against the German city of Emden, on 12 March 1942.In the ensuing three years the squadron was heavily committed to operations over Germany, Italy and German-occupied Europe. It operated, in succession, from airfields at Molesworth (15 November 1941 â" 3 January 1942), Breighton (4 January 1942 â" 14 May 1943), and Binbrook (14 May 1943 â" 27 July 1945). Although it had originally been planned to re-equip the squadron with Handley Page Halifaxes in September 1942, it began operating Avro Lancasters in the following month and joined Bomber Commandâs 1 Group. The bulk of the squadronâs operations formed part of the strategic bombing offensive against Germany, although prior to, and during, the D-Day landings in June 1944, it was employed in support of Allied ground operations. The squadron flew its last raid, against Berchtesgarden, on ANZAC Day 1945.The squadron is regarded as having been the most efficient of the Australian bomber squadrons. It maintained consistently higher serviceability rates among its aircraft, set numerous operational records within Bomber Command, flew the most bombing raids of any Australian squadron, and was credited with the greatest tonnage of bombs dropped â" 24,856 tons. The Australian War Memorialâs Lancaster âG for Georgeâ was a 460 Squadron aircraft. The squadron, however, suffered heavily. It lost 181 aircraft on operations and suffered 1,018 fatal casualties (589 Australian) â" the highest number of any of the Australian squadrons.Following the end of hostilities in Europe in April 1945, the squadron participated in Operation Manna, which involved the air-dropping of food to Dutch civilians during the first week of May 1945. It was subsequently employed to transport liberated Commonwealth prisoners of war to Britain. With this role complete, 460 Squadron was selected to form part of âTiger Forceâ, Bomber Commandâs intended contribution to the strategic bombing of Japan, which necessitated a transfer to No. 5 Group and a move to East Kirby. The war in the Pacific ended, however, before âTiger Forceâ was deployed. The squadron relinquished its aircraft in early October 1945, and disbanded on the 25th of that month.212 p., [24] p. of plates : ill., 1 map, ports. ; 22 cm. #071122 Limited ed.Previous ed.: Perth : Paterson Brokensha, 1964.Australia. Royal Australian Air Force. Squadron, 460. | World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, Australian. Elizabeth's Bookshops have been one of Australia's premier independent book dealers since 1973. Elizabeth's family-owned business operates four branches in Perth CBD, Fremantle (WA), and Newtown (NSW). All orders are dispatched within 24 hours from our Fremantle Warehouse. All items can be viewed at Elizabeth's Bookshop Warehouse, 23 Queen Victoria Street\, Fremantle WA.