by Richard Dunn | Oct 22, 2024 | Allied Forces
Continuing the story of the Spitfire in the Asia-Pacific, this article reviews the Spitfire in combat with Japanese army Type 1 fighters over India and Burma in late 1943 and early 1944. During most of 1943 the Royal Air Force contested air superiority along the India...
by Richard Dunn | Oct 15, 2024 | Allied Forces, Japanese
The homepage on my computer cycles various items of interest across the screen. These may be news or current events (fashion and celebrity gossip among them) but also include some historical subjects, even aviation history. Among the latter are sometimes profiles or...
by Richard Dunn | Aug 12, 2024 | Japanese
This is an updated version of Zero 21: Unraveling the Performance Data – New and improved with additional data and new insights. A lot of widely disseminated but inaccurate data is debunked and – sorry, while it gets close to a definitive answer this article...
by Richard Dunn | Aug 2, 2024 | Allied Forces
On the first of August 1943, PT-109 was rammed and cut in two by a Japanese destroyer. The story from the American perspective is well known because the skipper of PT-109 was future President of the U.S. John Fitzgerald Kennedy. The following excerpt from South...
by Richard Dunn | Jul 25, 2024 | Allied Forces
Aficionados of the Pacific air war will appreciate the remarkable history of the 44th and 67th Fighter Squadrons, known for their significant contributions during World War II and their notable involvement in the early stages of the Vietnam War. This article explores...
