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Darwin Spitfires: The real battle for Australia

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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