Air Battle For Burma - Special Edition

Air Battle For Burma: Allied Pilots' Fight For Supremacy by Bryn Evans. After a long series of crushing defeats by the apparently unstoppable Japanese air and ground forces, the eventual fightback and victory in Burma was achieved as a result of the exercise of unprecedented combined services cooperation and operations. Crucial to this was the Allies' supremacy in the air coupled with their ground/air support strategy. Using veterans' first-hand accounts, Air Battle For Burma reveals the decisive nature of Allied air power in inflicting the first major defeat on the Japanese Army in the Second World War. Newly equipped Spitfire fighter squadrons made the crucial difference at the turning point battles of the Admin Box, Imphal and Kohima in 1944. Air superiority allowed Allied air forces to deploy and supply Allied ground troops on the front line and raids deep into enemy territory with relative impunity; revolutionary tactics never before attempted on such a scale. By covering both the strategic and tactical angles, through these previously unpublished personal accounts, this fine book is a fitting and overdue tribute to Allied air forces' contribution to victory in Burma. A special edition bookplate (see image below) has been mounted onto the main front end page and was personally signed by the following RAF veterans who flew in the skies over Burma: Wing Commander Jack Rose CMG, MBE, DFC (flew Hurricanes with No: 113 Squadron) Flight Lieutenant Graham Skellam (flew Hurricanes & Thunderbolts with No: 113 Squadron) Flight Lieutenant Ken Gilbert (flew Hurricanes & Thunderbolts with 113 and 631 Squadrons) Squadron Leader Ray Vernon (flew in Dakotas with No: 31 Squadron) Flight Lieutenant Les Dennahy (flew Hurricanes with No: 134 Squadron) Flight Lieutenant Fred Davis (flew Hurricanes & Spitfires with No: 136 “Woodpecker” Squadron) Squadron Leader Owen Parry DFC, AE (flew Hurricanes with No: 11 Squadron) Flight Lieutenant Tom Adams (flew Hurricanes with No: 28 Squadron) Squadron Leader Vivian Jacobs flew (Hurricanes & Spitfires with No: 136 “Woodpecker” Squadron) Edition Produced: 10 Hardcover edition, published 2017

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