Edward Austin Harding QANTAS WWII Pilot Memoirs (2004)

by Edward Austin Harding, Ted Harding

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Edward Austin Harding QANTAS WWII Pilot Memoirs (2004) Memoirs published by Ted Harding, some time around 2004. The book looks to have been written for family and friends and I’d assume only a handful of copies are around. It includes his WWII memoirs as well as his time at Qantas, which he joined in 1945 and retired from in 1975 158 pages - Hardcover in cloth boards. Ted Harding received a substantial obituary in the 2007 Sydney morning herald: “Ted Harding's flying career started with Tiger Moths and finished with 747 jets, but his most entertaining day was probably when he flew under the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Unfortunately, the daredevilry was in a sad cause. It was June 1, 1942. Overnight, three Japanese midget submarines had entered the harbour and sunk a depot ship, the HMAS Kuttabul, killing 21 of the ship's ratings and wounding another 10. Permission was given for available aircraft to fly low around the harbour to search for the submarines and Harding took his once-in-a-lifetime chance to fly under the bridge. He talked about it for years. Edward Austin Harding, who has died at 87, was born in Adelaide into a family that made crumpets for a living. When war broke out he put his name down for the RAAF and "gained his wings" in 1941. When he retired in 1975 he had 21,500 flying hours to his name. He was posted to the RAAF's 13th Squadron, spending two years in the South Pacific and flying 78 missions. The squadron suffered heavy losses and Harding was one of only five

• Publisher: Self Published
• Year: 2004
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good

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