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Commanding Far Eastern Skies

A Critical Analysis of the Royal Air Force Air Superiority Campaign in India, Burma and Malaya 1941–1945
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This book analyses how the Allies lost air superiority during the initial exchanges with Japan, and how technical and material difficulties were overcome. The war in the Far East between 1941 and 1945 is occasionally referred to as the 'Forgotten War' and this description extends to the way the campaign's air war has been analysed. However, the role of air power in Burma was vitally important to the campaign, in particular the attainment of air superiority in order to facilitate supply and close support operations. The foundation of these operations was dependent on the Allies achieving and maintaining air superiority and latterly air supremacy over the Japanese. The British lost air superiority during the initial Japanese attacks as their early warning system, aircraft, aircrew and tactics did not match their adversary's capabilities. AUTHOR: Dr Peter Preston-Hough was a visiting lecturer at the University of Wolverhampton and University of Chester. He had a lifelong interest in the history of the Royal Air Force particularly from 1939 and in airborne warfare from its earliest days. Peter died in 2017. 10 b/w photographs, 3 maps, 13 tables

Author Biography:

Dr Peter Preston-Hough is a visiting lecturer at the University of Wolverhampton and University of Chester. He has had a lifelong interest in the history of the Royal Air Force particularly from 1939 and in airborne warfare from its earliest days. He has particular interests in the Strategic Air Offensive, 617 Squadron, the RAF in the Far East, and airborne warfare in Normandy and Operation Market Garden. This is his first book and is based on his doctoral thesis which was submitted in 2013.
Release date Australia
December 15th, 2018
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  • Professional & Vocational
Illustrations
10 b/w photos, 3 maps, 13 tables
Pages
308
ISBN-13
9781912390434
Product ID
27687634

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