Courage in the Skies : The Untold Story of Qantas, Its Brave Men and Women and Their Extraordinary Role in World War II.

Cover -- About the author -- Also by the author -- Title Page -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- Maps -- INTRODUCTION -- 1 PRELUDE TO A WAR: THE IMPERIAL-BOAC DILEMMA -- 2 A WORLD AT WAR -- 3 THE SHADOWS DARKEN, 1940 -- 4 CATS ACROSS THE PACIFIC -- 5 THE AMERICANS ARE COMING: PAN AM -- 6 ROUTE EXTENSIONS AND SIBOLGA DOGS -- 7 THE BATTLE FOR SINGAPORE -- 8 RUNNING THE GAUNTLET -- 9 IMPREGNABLE NO MORE: THE FALL OF SINGAPORE -- 10 AUB KOCH'S WAR, PART ONE -- 11 LOSS AND RETREAT: THE LINK IS CUT -- 12 MEANS OF ESCAPE -- 13 NEAR MISS AT DARWIN -- 14 THE RELUCTANT SPY: DAVE ROSS'S DILI DILEMMA -- 15 THE RAT TRAP: TJILATJAP -- 16 'ONE OF OUR AIRCRAFT IS MISSING': THE LOSS OF CIRCE -- 17 DEATH AND DISASTER AT BROOME -- 18 THE LAST STAND: PAPUA NEW GUINEA -- 19 THE STRUGGLE FOR AIRCRAFT AND THE BULLY BEEF BOMBERS -- 20 EMPIRES TO THE RESCUE -- 21 'THE JAPANESE HAVE LANDED' -- 22 AUB KOCH'S WAR, PART TWO -- 23 'THE MOST FASCINATING AND ROMANTIC UNDERTAKING': IN SECRET ACROSS THE INDIAN OCEAN -- 24 THE HOME FRONT -- 25 THE END COMES -- 26 AMONG THOSE WHO SERVED -- 27 THE STRUGGLE FOR RECOGNITION -- Pic section -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- Appendix: QANTAS STAFF CASUALTIES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX.

This is the extraordinary and little known story of Qantas' significant role during World War II, particularly in its campaigns against the Japanese.

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