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RAF Liberators Over Burma - Flying with 159 Squadron (Hardcover) Loot Price: R665
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RAF Liberators Over Burma - Flying with 159 Squadron (Hardcover): Bill Kirkness, Matt Poole

RAF Liberators Over Burma - Flying with 159 Squadron (Hardcover)

Bill Kirkness, Matt Poole

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British RAF wireless operator/air gunner Bill `Enoch' Kirkness of Horsforth, Yorkshire, flew thirty-two B-24 Liberator bomber sorties, twenty-eight of which were against Japanese targets in Burma. He was credited with downing the night fighter that killed a crewmate and severely damaged his Liberator in April 1944; his aircraft's crash-landing abruptly ended his first tour of operations. He was awarded a prestigious Distinguished Flying Medal for his heroism. Bill's memoir of Wellington ferry flights, Liberator training, and operations with 159 Squadron typifies aspects of the human spirit-including fear and anxiety, focused determination, numbing boredom, brotherly camaraderie, heart-wrenching anguish, and comic relief-which any young man immersed within such a conflict would have likely experienced. Bill wore his heart, not just his sergeant's stripes, on his sleeve. Bill's story is a compelling, dignified account of an average man's war from 1942 to 1944 in the UK, the Mediterranean, Africa, and onward through his first operational tour based in India. Matt Poole, an expert on 159 Squadron and RAF Liberator activities against the Japanese, seamlessly enhances Bill's narrative with added historical detail. Although Bill passed away in 1994, Matt vowed to help bring the memoir to a wider audience.

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Imprint: Fonthill Media
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: October 2017
Authors: Bill Kirkness • Matt Poole
Dimensions: 234 x 156 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 256
ISBN-13: 978-1-78155-656-6
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > Air forces & warfare
Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > Weapons & equipment > Military vehicles
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LSN: 1-78155-656-3
Barcode: 9781781556566

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