Battle Order 204

Christobel Mattingley

• Publisher: Allen & Unwin
• Year: 2007
• eBook ISBN: 9781741761733

David's boyhood dreams of flying led him to England for months of training to be a bomber pilot in World War II at age 19, but his final flight was a nightmare. Seconds after the bombs were released, David was wounded in five places and his fellow pilot Dog was hit. Flying metal slashed his right knee, thigh, and shoulder; the tendons and artery in his right hand were severed; and shrapnel ripped through his thick leather helmet, fracturing his skull as his aircraft went into a dive. This riveting true story takes young people through the events of a young WWII pilot's heroic journey and his courage and endurance in the face of terrifying conditions.

Table of contents

• COVER PAGE
• TITLE PAGE
• COPYRIGHT PAGE
• DEDICATION
• CONTENTS
• WINGS
• BATTLE ORDER 204 (1) BOMB DOORS OPEN!
• BATTLE ORDER 204 (2) D DOG
• BATTLE ORDER 204 (3) TARGET DORTMUND
• BATTLE ORDER 204 (4) HIT!
• BATTLE ORDER 204 (5) PUT ON PARACHUTES!
• BATTLE ORDER 204 (6) TAKE UP CRASH POSITIONS!
• BATTLE ORDER 204 (7) A PERFECT LANDING
• BATTLE ORDER 204 (8) OUTSTANDING DEVOTION TO DUTY
• EPILOGUE
• ABOUT THE OTHERS
• WRITING BATTLE ORDER 204
• ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
• ABOUT THE POEMS
• GLOSSARY
• SOURCES