COURAGE IN THE SKIES Jim Eames

“ Landed at dusk. All Singapore seems to be burning “ Charles Baron, steward on the last Qantas flight in to Singapore wrote in his diary and again on departure at 2.30 am “ We can help no more “
Twelve days later British forces surrendered to the Japanese.

Jim Eames book “ Courage In The Skies “ published by Allen & Unwin covers the story of the Qantas involvement in WW2 From the lows of Singapore and the retreat from the Dutch east Indies to the disasters of Darwin and Broome. It takes us to the highs of the rescue flights to Mt Hagan and the successes of the Catalina deliveries across the Pacific and the double sunrise service to Ceylon
It covers the New Guinea campaigns and the constant battle with the unrelenting weather, unforgiving terrain and the constant threat of enemy attack
With highly detailed accounts of the aircraft, crews and support staff from the Qantas archives and complete with route maps of the period and over forty photographs this is a must read for anyone with an interest in aviation history. Eames writes in an easy reading style which held my attention for all of the 336 pages,
Available in paper back from all good book stores.

Cheers Ray


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