Ebook: The Burma air campaign: December 1941-August 1945

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Japanese Terms Used in Text; Introduction; Chapter 1 A Wing and a Prayer; Chapter 2 Burma's 'Few'; Chapter 3 The End of the Beginning; Chapter 4 The Flight of the Phoenix; Chapter 5 Crescendo; Chapter 6 'Play Ball'; Chapter 7 End Game; Appendix I Principal Allied Air Forces as at June 1943; Appendix II Approximate list of operations carried out by 5th Hikoshidan during the 2nd Chindit/Imphal/Myitkyina campaigns; Appendix III Outline particulars of principal Allied and Japanese aircraft used in the Burma Air Campaign; Index.;The scene is set with an overview of the respective states of the RAF and Japanese Airforce, and an explanation of how the American Volunteer Group (The Flying Tigers) came to be in China. There is a concise description of air ops covering the Japanese invasion of Indo China, Malaya and Singapore, together with a close study of the sinking of the Prince of Wales and Repulse, which altered the air/sea power equation. The main emphasis is on the use of air power both offensive, defensive and air transport during the protracted Burma Campaign. This embraces operations in the Arakan and the variou.