From North Africa To The Arakan

by Peart, Alan McGregor

• ISBN13: 9781906502034
• ISBN10: 190650203X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-05-19
• Publisher: Grub Street

Summary

Alan Peart was born in Nelson, New Zealand. Joining 610 Squadron on completion of training, he served against the Germans and then the Japanese. Operating from 'Broadway' airstrip, his was the only spitfire not destroyed during air strikes. This is an excellent first hand account of the air war in such varied theaters. The author writes of the appalling living conditions and the issues the aircrew faced living far from civilization. He survived to become an ace and tell his remarkable story. He now lives in Hamilton, NZ .

Table of Contents

Dedication	p. 6
Acknowledgements	p. 7
Foreword	p. 8
Salerno	p. 11
Learning to Fly	p. 22
Service Flying Training	p. 30
A Rough Crossing	p. 36
Action at Last	p. 42
Spitfires	p. 48
From Scotland to Spain	p. 60
North Africa	p. 70
Night Flights and Hallucinations	p. 83
A Change of Venue and Aeroplanes	p. 89
Combat, Air Raids and Rest	p. 97
Malta	p. 107
Sicily	p. 112
Italy	p. 126
India and Burma	p. 132
The Arakan	p. 147
Broadway	p. 155
The Japanese Invasion of Imphal	p. 166
Retirement	p. 179
Return to New Zealand	p. 192
Instructor Training at Woodbourne	p. 199
Epilogue	p. 204
Aerial Marksmanship	p. 207
DFC Citation and Combat Victories	p. 214
Index	p. 216
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