''Fly West'' (1974) is an autobiography written for children by Australian author

Ivan Southall Ivan Francis Southall AM, DFC (8 June 192115 November 2008) was an Australian writer best known for young adult fiction. He wrote more than 30 children's books, six books for adults, and at least ten works of history, biography or other non-fi ...

. It won the Children's Book of the Year Award: Older Readers in 1976."1976 children's book awards announced", ''The Canberra Times'', 10 July 1976, p3
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Book outline

The book tells the story of Ivan Southall's time as a captain of a Sunderland flying boat during World War II.

Critical reception

A reviewer in ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' noted: "''Fly West'' is not for those who like to find vicarious excitement in the reading of war books. Ivan Southall gives the truth of the times, and melancholy tinges his account as he writes of men who died, of men who survived to find that evil has triumphed more often than right.""A young man files to war", ''The Sydney Morning Herald'', 10 July 1976, p15

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Australian autobiographies 1974 children's books Children's non-fiction books World War II memoirs Aviation books CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award-winning works Australian children's books Angus & Robertson books {{aviation-book-stub

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