RAF Liberators Over Burma: Flying With 159 SquadronFonthill Media, 2017 M11 7 - 256 pages The RAF air war versus Japan in the Far East is grossly under-represented in print; the Kirkness memoir lessens this gap with its valuable contributionsThirty-two combat ops may seem like too many to individually chronicle in a single memoir; however, each op’s narrative is compellingly, and uniquely, presented and the cumulative result is that Kirkness’ final, harrowing, op is the most riveting of them allLavishly illustrated with previously unpublished photographs
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Contents
Foreword Introduction | |
A Wellington Delivery Adventure to Egypt | |
Egypt South Africa and Back to the | |
The Gauntlett Crew Forms Up at 1653 Conversion Unit | |
Initial Training at 1653 Conversion Unit | |
5 | |
A Weekend Pass at Home | |
Flying Continues and Tragedy Strikes | |
RAF Lyneham | |
Onward to India and 159 Squadron | |
Bombing Operations Begin and the 1943 Monsoon Arrives | |
The 1943 Monsoon Season Continues | |
Operations Resume Again | |
November 1943 | |
Leave to Naini | |
A Return to Operations | |
Finishing Up at 1653 Conversion Unit | |
January 1944 | |
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