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It covers the unit's two periods of operations (Bf.110 and Me.410) during WW2.Does it have any details or photos covering the unit's operations in Iraq?
Just received a copy of this.Latest arrival - second attempt from the bookseller as the first copy arrived badly damaged in transit but quickly replaced.
It's big, 438 pages in total, weighing in at a hefty 2.6 kilos with the slip case. Top quality printing, lots of photographs (many never previously published), first person accounts of flying, maintaining and operating the C-130A, E & H Hercules in RAAF service. Profile artwork by Juanita Franzi.
The Airmobility Workhorse, focuses on the operational history of the Lockheed C-130 Hercules in Royal Australian (RAAF) service, spanning the A, E and H models from 1958 to 2012, leaving the J model to be covered in the future.
The C-130 was the catalyst for a transformational shift from Second World War technology to leading-edge aircraft systems in RAAF air mobility and in the broader Air Force.
It is a detailed and balanced reflection of what the mighty Hercules did for Australia and how it affected who flew it, fixed it, supported it, flew as passengers or benefitted from the missions it conducted. This aricraft was truly Australia's Airmobility Workhorse.
About the Author
Air Commodore Bill Kourelakos recently retired from the RAAF in 2020 after 32 years of military service in both the Canadian Forces and the Royal Australian Air Force. His career consisted of four tours as a C-130 Navigator; over 20 deployed operations; a variety of staff appointments in Air Mobility Group, Air Force Headquarters, and Joint Operations Command; and Commands / Deputy Commands in No 36 and 37Squadrons, Task Group 633.4, No 86 Wing, Air Mobility and Training Development Unit, Northern Command, Headquarters Air Command, and Air Mobility Group.
Along with being a qualified teacher specialising in History, his broad career makes him eminently qualified to write the history of the mighty C-130 Hercules.
More than enough here to keep me reading its contents for a few weeks.
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the first image in your signature is when Germany runs out of spare parts and so just tapes the plane together lol
2. I have 1 in digital format. Volume 1 is the Japanese air strikes and landings.What's Volume 1?
Pretty good from my point of view. 230 profiles 30 of them New, the rest taken from volumes 10-14 improved or updated. As i don't have 13 and 14 there is more than 30 new to me...Looks good Wayne - is it?