Anthony Cooper is a retired schoolteacher with a PhD in German civil aviation in the Weimar Republic, and is the author of HMAS Bataan 1952 (NewSouth, 2010); Darwin Spitfires (NewSouth, 2011 and 2022); Kokoda Air Strikes (NewSouth, 2014); RAAF Bombers over Germany; Paddy Finucane and the Legend of the Kenley Wing; and Sub Hunters.