{"product_id":"our-flying-aces-ion-idriess-9781922698254","title":"Our Flying Aces","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn 2022, yet another of Idriess' manuscripts, \u003c\/em\u003eOur Flying Aces\u003cem\u003e, has been rediscovered profiling some of the remarkable pilots who flew their 'string and ceiling wax' aircraft fearlessly against the Germans in World War I, not only bombing targets on the Western Front, but engaging in hair-raising aerial combats against German biplanes sent up to shoot them down. These are ripping yarns indeed profiling intrepid young Australians who risked their lives (and many were killed) in this war that was supposed to be the war to end all wars.\u003c\/em\u003e - Tim Bowden, from his Introduction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith the success of \u003cem\u003eThe Desert Column\u003c\/em\u003e in 1932, Idriess wrote this series of mini-biographies on Australia's World War One Flying aces - John Duigan, Harry Cobby, Ross Smith, Oswald Watt, Gordon Taylor, Frank McNamara - our first V.C. aviator, and the post-war acrobatics of Macintosh and Paper. Introducing the lot with a background piece on Lawrence Hargraves, Idriess shows how innovative our early airmen were, and details acts of bravado and downright lunacy in these earliest machines. Fully illustrated, and glows with his unique style.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ion Idriess\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1922698253\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781922698254\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e ETT Imprint\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 142\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.61lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.39d","brand":"Ion Idriess","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48440550424831,"sku":"9781922698254","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_89287c5b-4f1f-4284-9551-ea5ab5aa7141.jpg?v=1777183185","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/our-flying-aces-ion-idriess-9781922698254","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}