RAAF Black Cats
The secret history of the covert Catalina mine-laying operations to cripple Japan's war machine
$33.86
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
3 September 2019
Summary
In March 1945, Reg Cleworth, a navigator on PBY Catalina seaplanes flying out of Darwin, went missing in action. No details were ever given about the incident that took his life, nor the reason his plane went down. For Reg’s younger brother, Robert, the news came as a fulfilling prophecy. The last time they saw each other, Reg confided in Robert, ‘I don’t think I’m coming back’.
Forty years later, Robert decided to investigate what happened to his brother. What he uncovered was an ext…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781760633066 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1760633062 |
| Author: | John Suter Linton, Robert Cleworth |
| Publisher: | Allen & Unwin |
| Imprint: | Allen & Unwin |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 3 September 2019 |
| Weight: | 398g |
| Dimensions: | 29mm x 152mm x 233mm |
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John Suter Linton
Robert (Bob) Cleworth MPhil has compiled five books, one on Australian War Graves and Missing Australians, in addition to three publications on the work of RAAF Catalina Operations in World War II. He was, for a number of years, Secretary of the Catalina Association of New South Wales.
John Suter Linton has worked extensively in the print and electronic media as a journalist, feature writer, researcher, scriptwriter, editor and producer. He is also the author of six true-crime novels.
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