Wartime Magazine Issue 17
Summer 2002
Air War Over Australia
- Reflections by Steve Gower.
The Director of the Australian War Memorial's comment - Farewell, once more by Peter Stanley.
Pain and pride as Australians go to war - Sacred emblem by Lee Kinsella.
Four famous Longstaff paintings on display for the first time - Firefly down! by Peter Vickridge.
A sortie flown by Navy airmen from HMAS Sydney during the Korean War led to an amazing rescue - The power of myth by Brian P. Farrell.
Reality explodes the legends surrounding the fall of Singapore in 1942 - Short-lived menace by Robert Nichols.
Sixty years ago the world was shocked when Japanese planes sank Prince of Wales and Repulse - Sabres in Sydney by Craig Wilcox.
An historic painting in need of restoration - Ultimate sacrifice by Ross McMullin.
A remarkable young soldier captured the imagination of Brigadier General "Pompey" Elliott - Reminders of violent times by Peter Burness.
Corbie, an ancient place of pilgrimage beside the Somme, is the resting place for many Australian soldiers - Air war over Australia by Chris Coulthard-CIark.
The Japanese had more than Darwin in their sights when they attacked Australia in 1942 - An Australian at Hamburger Hill by Chris Coulthard-CIark with Max Kelly.
A Vietnam veteran recalls a little-known connection with a famous battle - Young and lost at Sandakan by Bernie Gaynor.
A young soldier's very short war - Eyewitness: Josef Holman
An Australian in the defence of Prague - The train now arriving … by Mark Whitmore.
The Memorial gets up steam with an important addition to its collection from the Great War - The WAAAF by Carolyn Newman.
Remembering the women who served between 1941 and 1947 - Bridge of life and hope by Ian Wing.
Australian peacekeepers solve a local crisis in East Timor - "H" detachment Sparrow Force at Viqueque, 1942 by Brad Manera.
- My year at the Memorial by T. A. G. Hungerford.
A past editor recalls his time at the Memorial after the Second World War - Pedigree Hudson lands at Canberra by David Vincent.
The story behind a recently acquired aircraft in ANZAC Hall - Piloting a butcher's shop by Chris Goddard.
- Plus regular features, including book reviews, letters and Memorial news.
