| Main Title: |
White's flight : an Australian pilot's epic escape from Turkish prison camp to Russia's revolution / Fred and Elizabeth Brenchley. |
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| Author: |
Brenchley, Fred, 1942-
Brenchley, Elizabeth.
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| Imprint: |
John Wiley & Sons, 2004. |
| Collation: |
xii., 252 p., [32] p. of plates : ill., portraits, maps, bib., index, pbk ; 23 cm. |
| Summary: |
1. Empire's child -- 2. Flying backwards -- 3. 'Rescued' by the Turks -- 4. Desert revenge -- 5. 'I'm a Yank, Can I do anything for you boys?' -- 6. University of adversity -- 7. Escapades and aspook -- 8. Cuckoo's nest hospital -- 9. The rabbit -- 10. Lucky Friday the 13th -- 11. Out of the frying pan -- 12. 'You're the Greek caterer's sons, aren't you?' -- 12A 'Skin and bones' to body politic -- 14. Stormy petrel. |
| Subject: |
White, T. W. (Thomas Walter) Sir, 1888-1957.
Prisoners of war
World War, 1914-1918
Air pilots
Military history
Turkey
Russia
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| ISBN: |
1740311000 (pbk.) : |
| Notes: |
Includes bibliographical references, p. [243]-244 and index. One of the most incredible adventures of WWI: an Australian airman (Captain Thomas Walter White) captured in Iraq is force-marched across the Middle East to a POW camp in Turkey, only to escape to Russia as a stowaway on a Bolshevik smuggler's ship, where he arrives in the maelstrom of the Russian revolution. The authors capture wonderfully the adventure of White's flight and have written a fascinating account of one of Australia's forgotten war heroes.
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