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The flying inventor / Alan Mitchell

Record no:

71746

Call no:

920.0941 MIT

Author:

Mitchell, Alan, 1917-

Publisher:

Woodlands, W.A.: Alan Mitchell

Year:

2000

Description:

x, 262 p. : ill., map, ports. ; 21 cm.

Subject:

Mitchell, Alan, 1917-;
Military engineers - Australia - Biography;
Inventors - Australia - Biography;
Australia. Royal Australian Air Force - Aviation mechanics - Biography;
Australia. Royal Australian Air Force - Squadron, 85 - History;

World War, 1939-1945 - Aerial operations, Australian - History;
World War, 1939-1945 - Personal narratives, Australian;

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Isbn:

0646499122

Notes:

Cover subtitle : "The autobiography of an R.A.A.F. Ground Engineer, inventor and later, a pilot."
On cover: Citizen Air Force, Melbourne 1938, Laverton, Point Cook, Camden, Deniliquin, Strathpine, 85 Squadron, Bougainville.

Type:

Book

Abstract:

Little known squadron, 85 (Boomerang) Squadron, based in WA from 1943-1945 at Guildford. Half of squadron went to Exmouth Gulf taking over from the 76 Squadron. The squadron flew Brewster Buffalos, then the Australian made Boomerangs and later Spitfires.

The author was a RAAF ground engineer, inventor and later a pilot who built his own plane and flew it across Australia many times.

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Result	Links	Location	Library	Shelf no	Status	Year	Volume	Copy
1		History	Western Australian Museum	920.0941 MIT	On Shelf