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Ten Journeys to Cameron's Farm : an Australian Tragedy.
Ten Journeys to Camerons Farm tells the lives of the ten men who perished in Duncan Camerons Canberra property on 13 August 1940: three Cabinet ministers, the Chief of the General Staff, two senior staff members, and the RAAF crew of four. The inquiries into the accident, and the aftermath for the A...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Canberra :
ANU Press,
2015.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Part 1 Prologue; Prologue; 1. Augury; 2. Leadership, Politics, and War; Part 2 The journeys; 3. A Crew Assembles: Charlie Crosdale and Jack Palmer; 4. Second Seat: Dick Wiesener; 5. His Father's Son: Bob Hitchcock; 6. 'A Very Sound Pilot?': Bob Hitchcock (II); 7. Passenger Complement; 8. The General: Brudenell White (I); 9. Call and Recall: Brudenell White (II); 10. The Brigadier: Geoff Street; 11. Best Man: Frank Thornthwaite; 12. Patriot: Harry Gullett; 13. 'A Charming boy who would do big things': Dick Elford; 14. A Passion for the Air: James Fairbairn (I).
- 15. 'A Minister or a clerk?': Jim Fairburn (II)Part 3 'The most devastating tragedy'; 16. 'Not a machine for the careless or the ham fisted'; 17. 'A leaf falling off a tree; 18. Extinguishers; 19. Obsequies; Part 4 Understanding; 20. Inquiry and investigation; 21. Expert witnesses?; 22. Lowe's last word; 23. Mr Storey's story; 24. Cockpit secrets; 25. Diagnosis and remedies; Part 5 Reflection; 26. 'That terrible hour'; 27. Aftermath; Sources and acknowledgements.