Some pilots, such as aces Clive 'Killer' Caldwell and Keith 'Bluey' Truscott became household names. Certain Australian aircraft caught the public imagination too: the Kittyhawk, the Spitfire and the plane dubbed 'Whispering Death' for its eviscerating firepower and deceptively quiet engines - the Beaufighter. Australia's flight to victory was never smooth, thanks to internal squabbling at the RAAF's highest levels and a difficult relationship with the allies on whom Australia depended for aircraft and leadership. So controversial were the RAAF's final operations that some of its most prominent pilots mutinied. Based on thousands of official and private documents, Whispering Death makes for compelling reading.
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Australian Airmen in the Pacific War
Some pilots, such as aces Clive 'Killer' Caldwell and Keith 'Bluey' Truscott became household names. Certain Australian aircraft caught the public imagination too: the Kittyhawk, the Spitfire and the plane dubbed 'Whispering Death' for its eviscerating firepower and deceptively quiet engines - the Beaufighter. Australia's flight to victory was never smooth, thanks to internal squabbling at the RAAF's highest levels and a difficult relationship with the allies on whom Australia depended for aircraft and leadership. So controversial were the RAAF's final operations that some of its most prominent pilots mutinied. Based on thousands of official and private documents, Whispering Death makes for compelling reading.
- ISBN:
- 9781741759013
- 9781741759013
- Category:
- Air forces & warfare
- Age range:
- + years old
- Format:
- Paperback
- Publication Date:
- 01-08-2011
- Language:
- English
- Publisher:
- ALLEN & UNWIN
- Country of origin:
- Australia
- Pages:
- 536
- Dimensions (mm):
- 230x152.4x36mm
- Weight:
- 1kg
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This is a comprehensive combat history of the RAAF in Asia during WW2, from the time of the Japanese invasion of Malaya until the end of the war. The inadequacies of both available equipment and the upper levels of management are exposed. There are also some deeply disturbing stories of the treatment of downed crews by their Japanese captors.
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