Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #572234 in Books
• Published on: 2002-11-21
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 96 pages

Synopsis
Deemed unsuitable for the Channel Front, lend-lease Tomahawks and kittyhawks instead became the staple fighter of the Desert Air Force in 1941-42, flying with RAF, South African and Australian squadrons in North Africa and the Middle East. Although usually outclassed by the Bf 109, a number of pilots enjoyed some success during the desert campaign - men like Caldwell, Gibbes, Edwards and Drake, all of whom accrued double figure scores, In the Far East, Australian and New Zealand pilots also saw much action against the Japanese in 1942/43, flying over the jungles of New Guinea in defence of the Australian mainland.

Customer Reviews

Rather dry read.
Tony Holmes could have put some more heart in to this book.
The books as second class as the poor old Tomahawk.
Still, if it's your line of interest you could do worse. And it does cover a sidelined subject!

Very good book on a theatre best known by the zeros and cats
Another fine work by Osprey but as ususally 96 pages aren't enough to explain all, and some info is dated by more recent discoveries.
Also osprey fails to put authors not fully dedicate to the subject in writing such books, althought they do a very good job, the series could gain more if written by a somewhat more expert in the subject and by some more 200 pages, a nice book if you buy the entire collection, as they complement each others.