Angels Twenty - Softcover

Park, Edwards

Softcover

ISBN 10: 070222555X ISBN 13: 9780702225550

Publisher: Univ of Queensland Pr, 1994

Synopsis

US Army pilot Ted Park steps ashore in wartime Australia, a greenhorn enthusiastic about striking a blow for the American way. Townsville's troop-lined harbour, combat training in remote Queensland, leave in Sydney and romance in Melbourne - glimpses of 1940s Australia - snap back to life. Excitement kicks in high above the treacherous Owen Stanley Ranges of New Guinea as Park flies his dodgy, yet beloved, war-issue Airacobra against the sleek and deadly Japanese Zeros. Park writes with infectious enthusiasm for readers who have never waggled their ailerons, feathered their props, or jettisoned their belly tanks - and also for those who have.

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Review:

The writing of the (aerial combat) sequences has a fascinating mix of fear and nonchalance.''

From the Back Cover:

Edward Park wasn't an instinctive flyer, but he learned. By the end of World War II, he was not only one with his plane, he had lived through a strange and terrible time. In Angels Twenty, he takes you back to the Beaver Squadron's war without posturing, without heroics, but with great humor and respect for his old mates. Green as grass, the American boys were dumped in Australia, ready to do their bit in the war against Japan. But the New Guinea jungle wasn't all what they had expected.#. .Park is a gifted writer as well as a fine pilot. His vivid memories will grip you, from his first combat mission to the last, through many tense stories when everyone was obsessed with but one goal getting home alive. The thrill and terror of aerial combat, the monotony of endless patrols, the dry, sometimes loony humor of the men on the ground and wonderfully live again in the pages of Angels Twenty.

About this edition

• Publisher: Univ of Queensland Pr
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 070222555X
• ISBN 13: 9780702225550
• Binding: Paperback