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Old 25th October 2011, 20:01
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Re: Documentation on squadron sized actions

Hi,

for the air War in the Mediterranean:-

"Fighters Over The Desert" C.F.Shores & H.Ring
this covers the air action June 1940 - Dec 1942
( An updated and expanded version of this book is due out soon)

"Fighters Over Tunisia" by same authors + W.Hess
this covers air action over Algeria,Tunisia etc Nov 1942 - May 1943

"Malta - The Hurricane Year 1941" by C.f.Shores, B.Cull et al
"Malta - The Spitfire Year 1942" by same authors
"Air War Over Yugoslavia, Greece and Crete 1940-41" same authors
"Dust Clouds in the Middle East" by C.Shores
this covers Syria,East Africa and Iraq 1940-41
"Hurricanes Over Tobruk","Spitfires Over Sicily" "Hurricanes Over Malta", "Gladiators Over Malta", Spitfires Over Malta" all by B.Cull

"Flying Sailors At War" by B.Cull - this covers FAA actions in full 1939 -May 40.

"Fledgeling Eagles" by C.Shores & co covers the phoney War + Norway

Also the "Fighter Command War Diaries" 5 Vols by J.Foreman plus the same authors 2 volume set "1941 The Turning Point"

These all are pretty essential to study the subject

Cheers

Bruce Lander
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