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Old 14th June 2011, 02:36
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Re: Darwin Spitfires: the Real Battle for Australia

And for Japanese Air Forces Over The NWA:
(this book alone will porvide much information on Japanese units in the region)

Japanese Air Forces Over the NWA 1942-1945

By Bob Alford. With illustrations by Darryl Ford

This newly published book details the Japanese Air Forces in the North Western Area of Operations including northern Australia during WWII.
Chapters include a historical background on wartime operations over the NWA, along with those on allied code names, aircraft designations, unit compositions, brief histories of the units that flew missions over northern Australia and were based in the NWA, and a section on colours and markings derived from combat and Intelligence reports and the author’s physical assessment of remaining crash sites in the Northern Territory..
The book is A4 size (210mm x 297mm) and contains 92 pages with black and white and colour photos, maps including two WWII Japanese maps showing the dispositions of a number of units, colour aircraft profiles by Brisbane graphic artist, Darryl Ford, and a host of information on the Japanese air units in the North Western Area of operations (NWA).

The costs for this new release are:
In Australia - AUD22.95 plus postage (Air Mail, Registered) and handling of AUD7.45 - total AUD30.40;

and In the USA - AUD22.95 plus postage (Air Mail, Registered) and handling of AUD8.55 - total AUD31.50.

Payment can be made via Pay Pal, bank cheque (payable to R.N. and S. Alford) or electronic funds transfer (bank details available on request).

Cheques can be posted:
c/- Mr and Mrs A.D. and S Clark
PO Box 2257
PALMERSTON NT 0831
AUSTRALIA

PLEASE E-MAIL ALL INQUIRIES TO BOB ALFORD AT: bo.balford@hotmail.com

EXTRA
As an added bonus an A4 size reproduction of the IJN page of aircraft profiles prepared by Darryl Ford will be included as an insert for purchasers of the book. Darryl will also be releasing his new work, Air Strike South-West PacificSWPA, in the near future.
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