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RAF Fighter Pilots Over Burma: Images of War (Paperback)
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RAF Fighter Pilots Over Burma: Images of War (Paperback)
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It is a recognized fact that, had the war gone badly for the Allies
on the India/Burma front, and had the Japanese succeeded in
invading the Indian Continent, the outcome of the war would have
been entirely different. Yet despite this, the campaign on the
Burma front is offered surprisingly scant coverage in the majority
of photo-history books. This new book, from respected military
historian and author Norman Franks, attempts to redress the
balance, noting the importance of this particular aerial conflict
within the wider context of the Second World War. Franks takes as
his focus the pilots, aircraft and landscapes that characterized
the campaign. Photographs acquired during the course of an
intensive research period are consolidated into a volume that is
sure to make for a popular addition to the established Images of
War series. Many unpublished photographs feature, each one offering
a new insight into the conflict as it unfolded over Burmese skies.
The archive offers a wealth of dynamic images of RAF Hurricanes and
Spitfires in flight, with shots of both the aircraft and the pilots
employed during this challenging conflict. To fly and fight in
Burma, pilots really had to be at the top of their game. The
Japanese enemy certainly weren't the only problem to contend with;
weather, poor food, incredible heat and all its attendant maladies,
jungle diseases, tigers, elephants, fevers...The Japanese were the
real enemy but the British pilots had so much more to deal with.
And they did it for years. In Britain, a pilot could look forward
to a break from operations every six months or so on average. In
Burma, pilots first employed in 1941 were still flying operations
in 1944. The collection represents a determination on the author's
part to record the part played by these resilient and skilled RAF
fighter pilots, the contribution that they paid in supporting
General Slim's 14th Army and the part they ultimately played in
defeating the Japanese attempts to break through into India. These
efforts, all paramount and imperative to success, are celebrated
here in words and images in a volume sure to appeal to Spitfire and
Hurricane enthusiasts, as well as the more general reader.
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