Description
Title: Darwin Spitfires – the real battle for Australia
Author: Cooper, Anthony
Condition: Near Mint Plus
Edition: 1st Edition
Publication Date: 2011
ISBN: 9781742232270
Cover: Soft Cover without Dust Jacket – 516 pages
Comments: In 1943, a small band of inexperienced Australian and British fighter pilots fought an ongoing air battle in defence of north-western Australia, flying against a formidably skilled and proficient opponent. The air raids on Darwin during 1942-43 constituted the only sustained and intensive direct assault on Australian mainland territory in the whole of World War Two and yet, surprisingly, most Australians have no idea that it ever happened. Following the RAAF’s No 1 Fighter Wing, Darwin Spitfires tells this little-known story, and in so doing, recovers this important aspect of Australian history.
