Black Cats: Australia's Long Range Catalina Strike Force by A.E. Minty
SKU: B-000069

Black Cats: Australia's Long Range Catalina Strike Force

Author: A.E. Minty
Condition: In good condition. Foxing to the closed book page edge. The front blank paper has light foxing. Clean and tidy pages. Free of handwriting. Free of dog ears. Tight binding. From a smoke free home.

Biography & Memoir History Australiana

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Black Cats: Australia's Long Range Catalina Strike Force by A.E. Minty lifts the curtain on the secretive WWII Catalina squadrons that prowled the night skies over the Pacific. In this 2001 paperback the author blends aviation history with personal memoir, charting how the "Black Cats" transformed the humble PBY flying boat into a lethal long-range strike platform.

Minty’s narrative follows Australian aircrews from hurried conversion onto the big Catalina through perilous moonlit missions against Japanese shipping. Readers interested in RAAF history, obscure aircraft, or untold Pacific War stories will appreciate the technical detail and first-hand anecdotes packed into these 250 pages.

The book is in good used condition: pages are clean and unmarked, the binding is tight, and the only age marks are light foxing to the closed edges and first blank. No inscriptions, dog-ears, or smoke odours—just a well-kept copy ready for the next aviation enthusiast.

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