Sepik Pilot : Wing Commander Bobby Gibbes, D.S.O., D.F.C - James Sinclair, 1971

 

The story of a man and aeroplanes; of desperate days in the Western Desert where the Tomahawks and Kittyhawks of young Australian fighter pilots fought the Germans and Italians in their Messerschmitts and Macchis; of New Guinea, and the birth and death of a tiny air charter company. The personal story of Wing Commander Bobby Gibbs, DSO, DFC and Gibbs Sepik Airways telling of deeds of daring in the wild New Guinea mountains; of patrol officers, disasters, tragedies and triumphs.

 

Hardback, DJ, b/w ill., 189pp.

 

Condition: Good used, some flaws - VG covers, binding and pages. No inscriptions or writing, fraying and corner damage to DJ, frontispiece missing.

ISBN: 0701803231

 

Published:  Lansdowne, Melbourne, 1971

 

Weight: 600 gms

 

Size: 22 x 15 cms.

 

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