Pictorial History of the Mediterranean Air War Vol. 2

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{detailed description}This second volume of the Air War in the Mediterranean relates the fortunes of the Royal Air Force from May 1943 to the end of the war. The reduction of the island fortress of Pantelleria from the air, the invasions of Sicily and Italy, where Allied troops first set foot on European soil to begin the long advance to final victory, and subsequent operations over Italy, Southern France, Yugoslavia and Greece, are covered here.
Following the actions over Sicily, Allied air power was not again to be seriously challenged, allowing ground support to be improved to a fine art. Something of a side show to the main events unfolding elsewhere, was the Royal Air Force's own 'private war' over the Aegean fought by Eastern Air Command. The adventure of these operations—over Kos, Leros, Crete, Rhodes and other islands—is told here in some detail, opening up a fascinating, though little-known aspect of the air war. The birth and growth of the Balkan Air Force, set up to assist Tito's partisans in Yugoslavia, is also traced.
The book ends with the massive air assault on the positions of the German Army Group 'C' in Northern Italy which was to assist the Allied armies in utterly smashing this well-equipped force in a matter of days.
Volume 2 is enhanced with 96 pages of halftone photographs.
{Author / Publisher / Date}by Christopher F. Shores
published by Ian Allan 1973 1st edn. 110pp plus 96pp of illustrations. 16x24 Similar in format to other Ian Allan Pictorial Histories, (Royal Air Force, Luftwaffe etc.) contain several pages of text plus significant number of b&w photos in separate section. Vol 2 covers the air fighting over Italy as the allies advanced towards Rome. Scarce.
{condition}very good in dust wrapper.
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