Barney Greatrex : from bomber command to the French Resistance
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Barney Greatrex : from bomber command to the French Resistance
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- Barney Greatrex : from bomber command to the French Resistance
- Title remainder
- from bomber command to the French Resistance
- Statement of responsibility
- Michael Veitch, Alex Lloyd, Angus Hordern
- Subject
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- Australia, Royal Australian Air Force | Squadron 61 -- Biography
- Australian
- Bombing, Aerial -- Germany
- Great Britain, Royal Air Force | Squadron 61 -- Biography
- Great Britain, Royal Air Force | Squadron, 61 -- Biography
- Greatrex, Barney
- United Kingdom, Royal Air Force | Squadron 61 -- Biography
- Aeroplane crash survival -- France
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Australian
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- France
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, Australian
- Australia, Royal Australian Air Force
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- A school and university cadet in Sydney, Barney Greatrex signed up for RAF Bomber Command in 1941, eager to get straight into the very centre of the Allied counterattack. Bombing Germany night after night, Barney's 61 Squadron faced continual enemy fighter attacks and anti-aircraft fire - death or capture by the Nazis loomed large. Very few survived more than 20 missions, and it was on his 20th mission, in 1944, that Barney's luck finally ran out: he was shot down over occupied France. But his war was far from over. Rescued by the French Resistance, Barney seized the opportunity to carry on fighting and joined the Maquis in the liberation of France from the occupying German forces, who rarely took prisoners.Later, Barney was awarded the French Legion of Honour, but for seventy years he said almost nothing of his incredible war service - surviving two of the most dangerous battlefronts. Now, aged 97, Barney Greatrex has revealed his truly great Australian war story to acclaimed bestselling author Michael Veitch
- Biography type
- individual biography
- Cataloging source
- ANL
- Dewey number
- 940.5481
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- portraits
- facsimiles
- photographs
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
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