RAAF Black Cats : The Secret History of the Covert Catalina Mine-Laying Operations to Cripple Japan's War Machine.

Cover -- About the authors -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Maps -- Preface -- 1 Germany First and 'limited offensive' in the Pacific -- 2 'Beware-this harbor is mined!' -- 3 Nothing left to chance -- 4 Mining operation suffers a severe blow -- 5 Everyone had their jobs to do -- 6 Keeping up the pressure -- 7 The Manila raid -- 8 The fighting men -- 9 End game -- 10 Bringin' 'em home -- 11 Correcting history -- Epilogue -- Pic section -- Note from the authors -- Acknowledgements -- Appendix A: RAAF crews killed-in-action (KIA) and aircraft lost or damaged in the mining campaign 1943-45 -- Appendix B: Proposal for aerial mine laying 1942 -- Appendix C: Memo from Bostock to Kenney supporting a change of plans from Wewak to Kavieng -- Appendix D: Secret codenames for targets -- Appendix E: The Japanese orange decrypt of 8 March 1945 (USNARA) -- Appendix F: RAAF post-war report on the effects of mine laying in the SWPA -- Glossary -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

The secret and dangerous operations of Australia's Pacific War Catalina crews told for the first time.

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