Author Talk: Whispering Death
About this Event
Several years ago former World War II Beaufighter pilot Warrant Officer Lerryn Mutton OAM arrived on the doorstep of history writer Patricia Skehan armed with twenty boxes of official documents and photographs and asked her to write his wartime story.?
She was intrigued. The Beaufighter aircraft was unique, its silent motors earning it the nickname Whispering Death. She turned on her tape recorder.
After that point she recorded dramatic memories of Mutton, his navigators and ground crew, and of other 93 Attack Squadron members, with their unique association in Sandakan and Borneo war operations. Copies of the unofficial squadron diaries, plus diaries from two other squadron flyers, tell a remarkable story of the Green Ghosts, as 93 Squadron is known.
Whispering Death follows the squadron's formation in Narromine, NSW and training in Kingaroy, Queensland. Each of the main crew has a unique story to tell of how and why they volunteered to enlist, and each has their own chapter of diverse memories, their goal to stay alive.
About the Author
Joy McCann is a founding executive member of Concord Heritage, now City of Canada Bay Heritage Society. She guest-speaks for organisations including Rotary, Probus and VIEW clubs and historical societies, and lectures for U3A. She has presented heritage talks on FM radio and has been published nationally. Patricia conducts tours at Yaralla and Rivendell estates in Concord West. Since 1999, Patricia has travelled across NSW to give over 1000 heritage talks on 16 different subjects. She travelled to Britain in 2001 and 2005, researching the Thomas Walker family's royal connections at the University of Cambridge.
Copies of the books will be available for purchase and be signed by the author.
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