Kokoda Air Strikes: Allied Air Forces in New Guinea, 1942

[mars]

After his excellent book "Darwin Spitfires", Anthony Cooper's new book "Kokoda Air Strikes: Allied Air Forces in New Guinea, 1942" is now available, though it appears it is only available in Australia:

The author of the bestselling Darwin Spitfires casts a forensic eye over the role that Allied air forces played – or failed to play – in crucial World War II campaigns in New Guinea.

"This is the story of the early battles of the South West Pacific theatre – the Coral Sea, Kokoda, Milne Bay, Guadalcanal – presented as a single air campaign that began with the Japanese conquest of Rabaul in January 1942.

It is a story of both Australian and American airmen who flew and fought in the face of adversity – with incomplete training, inadequate aircraft, and from poorly set up and exposed airfields. And they persisted despite extreme exhaustion, sickness, poor morale and the near certainty of being murdered by their Japanese captors if they went down in enemy territory."


http://books.stonebooks.com/book/1018531/

[edwest]

Amazon is only offering a kindle edition. I found a paperback version here:

https://www.newsouthbooks.com.au/boo...da-airstrikes/






Usual disclaimer,
Ed

[John Beaman]

Mars, THX for the notification.

Is this a campaign narrative or more of a "I was there" type book?

[mars]

It is a combat history book, not a collection of personal memoirs, more close to Christoper shores's "bloody shambles"

[Jim Oxley]

There's actually two new books on the subject.

Anthony Coopers, as mentioned above. And the other is 'Storm Over Kokoda' by Peter Ewer.

Both are available via the Australian War Memorial bookshop.
http://www.awm.gov.au/shop/item/9781.../#.U8RqtcKKCos
http://www.awm.gov.au/shop/item/9781.../#.U8Rq3sKKCos

[John Beaman]

Originally Posted by mars

It is a combat history book, not a collection of personal memoirs, more close to Christoper shores's "bloody shambles"

THX. Shores' books are a classic(s)

[Jim Oxley]

Another place to pick up Anthony Cooper's book Kokoda Air Strikes is here:

http://www.alexanderfaxbooks.com.au/...ew-guinea-1942

[mars]

Both place are in Australia, far away from home, I will wait until it is availabe at amazon.

[mars]

This book will be available at amazon in Oct

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/174...=ATVPDKIKX0DER

another fine work done by Mr Cooper, thanks

bloody shame it is a papercover