Bibliograph

Fatal mission, the life and death of the crew of Naughty Nan 467 Sqn RAAF, Mal Elliot

Type

Label

Fatal mission, the life and death of the crew of Naughty Nan 467 Sqn RAAF, Mal Elliot

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-205)

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

portraitsmapsillustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Fatal mission

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Mal Elliot

Sub title

the life and death of the crew of Naughty Nan 467 Sqn RAAF

Summary

Fatal Mission is the story of Australian navigator Oscar Furniss, just one of 55,000 young men who perished while flying for Bomber Command during World War II. Lovingly crafted by his nephew, Mal Elliott, this book brings to life a young man whose name was never spoken by his family and who was a stranger to his modern-day descendants. Elliott follows Oscar from his carefree childhood in the Blue Mountains through his training over the vast emptiness of Canada to the mist-shrouded patchwork landscapes of Britain and on to the hostile skies of occupied France. He uses the accounts of the two surviving aircrew to piece together the events of the fateful night that saw most of the crew of Lancaster JA901, affectionally know as Naughty Nan, perish as pilot Colin Dickson heroically manoeuvred his burning aircraft away from the towns and villages that dotted the landscape

Target audience

adult

Creator