Darwin Spitfires: The real battle for Australia (Non-Fiction)

Darwin Spitfires: The real battle for Australia

by Anthony Cooper

The Japanese air raids on Darwin on 19 February 1942 are well known to most Australians, but what happened afterwards?

Format: Paperback
Category: Non-Fiction
Publisher: NewSouth Books
Publish Date: August 2022

For almost two years the airspace over north-west Australia was routinely penetrated by Japanese air raids, tallying about 70 in total. The 1942-43 air raids on Darwin constituted the only sustained and intensive direct assault on Australian territory in the whole of World War II. Telling the story of the RAAF's No 1 Fighter Wing, composed of both Australian and British spitfire pilots, Darwin Spitfires explores the little-known 1943 season of air combat over the top end, recovering this important aspect of Australian history.

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