Highlights include several chapters on the Mediterranean air
forces, with special emphasis placed on the brave but futile
attempts of the South African Air Force Liberator crews in Italy to
supply Polish patriots during the Warsaw uprising. Individual
chapters covering various aspects of the war in the Mediterranean,
Malta and the Western Desert are told by the combatants themselves
in crisp unerring detail. The author recounts the thrilling RAF
Wellington and Liberator bombing and re-supply operations from
Italy, before following the action to the Far East and the combats
between the RAF and the Japanese Imperial Air Force. The story of
some of the bravest Blenheim sorties and dog fights with Japanese
Zeroes are uniquely related by the crews and the Japanese pilots.
Numerous stories of the part played by the RAF and Royal Australian
Air Force Liberator crews operating over the jungles of iam, Malaya
and Singapore feature, as does the story of the famous Yangtze
Incident , which involved HMS Amethyst s precarious and dangerous
voyage down the Yangtze River in the face of opposition from
Chinese forces. The book is illustrated with never before seen
images of RAF, SAAF, RAAF and USAAF aircraft and their crews. It
serves to commemorate the many acts of bravery, endurance and
heroism that characterised this time.
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