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From North Africa To The Arakan
Alan McGregor Peart

From North Africa To The Arakan

Grub Street (Jun 2008)
9781906502034
222 pages | 145 x 218 mm
LC Classification D792.N4 .P43 2008
LC Control No. 2008431591

Subject

  • Fighter Pilots
  • Fighter Pilots - New Zealand
  • Peart, Alan McGregor
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • World War, 1939-1945 - Aerial Operations, British

Plot

Alan Peart was born in Nelson, New Zealand. Joining 610 Squadron on completion of training, he served against the Germans and then the Japanese. Operating from 'Broadway' airstrip, his was the only spitfire not destroyed during air strikes. This is an excellent first hand account of the air war in such varied theaters. The author writes of the appalling living conditions and the issues the aircrew faced living far from civilization.

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