Whispering death / Mark Johnston
- Bib ID:
- 5400017
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Johnston, Mark
- Description:
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- Crows Nest, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin, 2011
- xxii, 514 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 23 cm.
- ISBN:
- 9781741759013
- Summary:
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This book explains vividly how more than 130,000 Australian airmen fought Japan from the Pacific War's first hours in 1941 to its last in 1945. They clashed over a vast area, from India to Noumea, Bass Strait to the Philippines. Merely flying over that region's boundless oceans and wild weather was dangerous enough for Australia's fliers, but their formidable enemies made it much more perilous. In their Zero fighters and Betty bombers they were initially too numerous, experienced and well-armed for the few Australians who opposed them in Malaya, the Northern Territory and New Guinea. February 1942 brought the RAAF its darkest hour: the bombing of Darwin, which no Australian fighter planes contested.
- Notes:
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- Cover subtitle: Australian airmen in the Pacific War.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Subject:
- Also Titled:
- Whispering death : Australian airmen in the Pacific war
- Copyright:
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2011
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