HURRICANES OVER BURMA
Written by M.C. Cotton
Published by Grub Street
in 1995
ISBN: 189869740X
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- AVIATION
- BURMA
- WORLD WAR II
HURRICANES OVER BURMA
Written by M.C. Cotton.
Stock no. 1830019
1st.
1995.
Hardback.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
Includes: The Memoirs of Wing Commander "Bunny" Stone, DFC. This book is the definitive work of an author who kept meticulous records about a small group of men playing their role in a little-publicised but strategically important "forgotten war!. Squadron Leader Monty "Bush" Cotton was in the first group of pilot trainees to leave Australia in World War II, and gives us his account of the air war over Burma. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations and photos. 357 pages including index. ISBN: 189869740X. A lovely copy!
Front cover
Contents
- BOOK 1: HURRICANES OVER BURMA
- Part 1 - The First Forty
- 1. At Broken Hill
- 2. War Breaks Out - Joining the RAAF
- 3. Elementary Flying Training
- 4. Advanced Training in Canada
- 5. England at Last
- 6. Joining the "Fighting Cocks"
- 7. Memories of Special Friends
- Part 2 - Seventeen in Burma
- 1. New Face - New Places
- 2. Air Battles over Southern Burma
- 3. Convalescing in India
- 4. Promoted to Lead the Squadron
- 5. Operations in the Arakan
- 6. No Enemy, but Not Much Rest Either!
- BOOK 2: THE MEMOIRS OF WING COMMANDER "BUNNY" STONE, DFC
- 1. From Scotland to Freetown
- 2. Freetown to Rangoon
- 3. Hurricanes Join the Battle for Burma
- 4. A Forced Landing
- 5. Operations over Rangoon
- 6. The Move to Magwe
- 7. Escape to India
- Appenices