The Missing Man: From the Outback to Tarakan, the Powerful Story of Len Waters, the Raaf's Only WWII Aboriginal Fighter Pilot (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781760296414)

Len Waters, a Kamilaroi man, left school at 13 and by 20 was flying a RAAF Kittyhawk in the Pacific during World War II. His skill made him a respected member of 78 Squadron, living his dream. But after the war, his path was blocked. He believed he could "live on both sides of the fence" and join Australia's airlines, but instead became a missing man in aviation history.

Peter Rees rights that wrong, examining Waters' life and telling a story of aviation, resilience, and Indigenous experience. For readers of military history, biography, and those seeking inspiring stories of overcoming adversity, this is a powerful and compelling account of a life lived against the odds.