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 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...
by Richard Dunn | Jun 19, 2024 | Allied Forces
Numerous books and articles have been written about the air fighting that went on along with the ground combat and naval battles occasioned by the U.S. invasion of Guadalcanal and Tulagi beginning August 7, 1942. Little has been written about air operations over...
by Richard Dunn | Feb 1, 2024 | Allied Forces, Japanese
Ten Days to Kamikaze is a series that explores the decision-making process and implementation of Japan’s use of suicidal crash dives during World War II. It provides an in-depth review of the critical ten-day period and examines the background leading up to those...
