Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
ISBN 10 | 1472829603 |
Book Format | Paperback |
Book Subtitle | Darwin 1943 |
About the Author | Peter Ingman is an author specialising in aviation and World War II Pacific war history. He has co-written two widely acclaimed Australian World War II history titles - Zero Hour in Broome and Carrier Attack Darwin 1942. Through his publishing business Avonmore Books, Peter has also had extensive input into 20 further military history titles written by a variety of authors. An award-winning essayist, Peter is the Chairman of the History Group at the South Australian Aviation Museum. He lives in Adelaide with his two young children and is currently writing a novel set in wartime New Guinea. |
Number of Pages | 80 |
ISBN 13 | 9781472829603 |
Author | Peter Ingman |
Language | English |
Book Description | A year later the Spitfire VC-equipped No 1 Fighter Wing, RAAF, faced the battle-hardened 202nd Kokutai of the IJNAF, equipped with A6M2 Zero-sens, over Darwin. This was a gruelling campaign between evenly matched foes, fought in isolation from the main South Pacific battlegrounds. Pilots on either side had significant combat experience, including a number of Battle of Britain veterans. The Spitfire had superior flight characteristics but was hampered by short range and material defects in the tropical conditions, while the Japanese employed better tactics and combat doctrine inflicting serious losses on the over-confident Commonwealth forces. |
Publication Date | 30/May/19 |