Don Charlwood
Donald Ernest Cameron Charlwood AM (6 September 1915 – 18 June 2012) was an Australian author. He also worked as a farm hand, an air traffic controller and, most notably, as an RAAF navigator in Bomber Command during the Second World War.
Don Charlwood | |
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| Born | Donald Ernest Cameron Charlwood 6 September 1915 Melbourne, Victoria |
| Died | 18 June 2012 (aged 96) Melbourne, Victoria |
| Service/ | RAAF |
| Years of service | 1941–1945 |
| Rank | Flight Lieutenant |
| Service number | 408794 |
| Unit | No. 103 Squadron RAF, RAF Bomber Command |
| Battles/wars | Second World War |
| Other work | Writer, Air Traffic Control |
While best known for No Moon Tonight, his fictionalised memoir of life as a crew member in RAF Bomber Command (the fiction is revealed by comparing his straight autobiographical account of those experiences, Journeys into Night), Charlwood wrote a number of other biographical, fiction and non-fiction works.
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