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{{Short description|1954 Australian novel}}
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| author            = [[J. E. Macdonnell]]
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| subject           = Korean War
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'''''Wings Off the Sea''''' is a 1954 Australian novel by [[J. E. Macdonnell]]. It told the story of an Australian air craft carrier during the [[Korean War]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article122988566 |title=Korean Air War Story |newspaper=[[The Farmer and Settler]] |volume=XLIX |issue=22 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=26 February 1954 |accessdate=27 September 2023 |page=20 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article206656761 |title=Wings Off The Sea |newspaper=[[The Swan Express]] |volume=LV |issue=16 |location=Western Australia |date=29 April 1954 |accessdate=27 September 2023 |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{Citation
| title=The Fictionaires
| journal=The Bulletin
|volume=89 |issue=4538 |date=25 Feb 1967
| location=Sydney, N.S.W
| publisher=John Haynes and J.F. Archibald
| url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-699108110
| access-date=27 September 2023
| via=Trove
}}</ref> (Another Macdonnell novel ''[[Gimme the Boats]]'' had also been adapted for radio.)
==Radio serial==
The ABC adapted the novel into a 1954 radio serial. There was 26 episodes of 15 minutes.<ref>{{Citation
| title=2FC-2NA Tuesday April 20
| journal=ABC Weekly
|volume=16 |issue=16 |date=17 April 1954
| location=Sydney
| publisher=Australian Broadcasting Commission
| url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1673944625
| access-date=27 September 2023
| via=Trove
}}</ref> MacDonell did the adaptation himself.<ref>{{Citation
| title=Tricks of the Game Writing For Radio
| journal=The Bulletin
|volume=76 |issue=3918 |date=16 Mar 1955
| location=Sydney, N.S.W
| publisher=John Haynes and J.F. Archibald
| url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-688069409
| access-date=27 September 2023
| via=Trove
}}</ref> Rod Taylor starred.<ref>{{Citation
| title=Personal Items
| journal=The Bulletin
|volume=75 |issue=3893 |date=22 Sep 1954
| location=Sydney, N.S.W
| publisher=John Haynes and J.F. Archibald
| url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-535671889
| access-date=27 September 2023
| via=Trove
}}</ref>
==See also==
*''[[Jim Brady, Leading Seaman]]''
==References==
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[[Category:1954 Australian novels]]
[[Category:1954 Australian radio dramas]]
[[Category:Australian novels adapted for radio]]
[[Category:1950s Australian radio serials]]