The story of mail carried on the Empire and Horseshoe Routes during WWII until the Japanese entered the war in December 1941. These books include a detailed history of the involvement of Australian military personnel in the war and the carriage of mail to and from them. There is much more to the story than the airmail concession available to Australian servicemen. Much of the story is about the difficulty of getting the mail from front line areas to the airline terminal – frequently it is a land, sea/air service.
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790 pages of information, schedules, appendices and index
650 Images, comprising covers, maps, photographs and illustrations
Book 3 - WORLD WAR II : 1939 - DECEMBER 1941
• MAIL BY BALLOON AND PRIMITIVE AIRCRAFT
• THE BEGINNING : AVIATION IN AUSTRALIA
• THE DEVELOPMENT OF AVIATION IN BRITAIN
• FLYING BETWEEN ENGLAND AND AUSTRALIA
• TRUNK AIR ROUTES WITHIN AUSTRALIA
• AROUND THE WORLD BY AIR VIA AUSTRALIA 1939-1940
• PREPARING FOR WAR
• CENSORSHIP OF MAIL DURING WWII
• AUSTRALIA AT WAR 1939 - JULY 1940 : THE EMPIRE ROUTE
• AUSTRALIA AT WAR 1939 - 1941 : THE HORSESHOE ROUTE
• TRUNK ROUTES IN AUSTRALIA
• THE AUSTRALIAN ARMY IIN THE MIDDLE EAST
• AUSTRALIANS AT THE SIEGE OF TOBRUK
• THE AUSTRALIAN ARMY IN GREECE AND CRETE
• THE EMPIRE TRAINING SCHEME
• THE RAAF IN BRITAIN AND THE MIDDLE EAST
• AUSTRALIAN NAVAL VESSELS AT WAR
• CONVOYS CARRYING AUSTRALIAN TROOPS
• PAPUA AND NEW GUINEA 1939 - DECEMBER 1941
• ASIA – CHINA, JAPAN, HONG KONG, INDO CHINA
• EUROPE – AUSTRALIA 1939 - 1945
