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Spitfire VC vs A6M2 Zero-sen - Darwin 1943

By: Osprey

Type: Softcover

Product Line: Duel - Aircraft

MSRP old price: $22.00


Product Info

Title
Spitfire VC vs A6M2 Zero-sen - Darwin 1943
Publisher
Product Line
Category
Author
Peter Ingam
Publish Year
2019
Pages
80
Dimensions
7.25x9.75x.25"
NKG Part #
2147752715
MFG. Part #
OSPDUE093
Type
Softcover
Series
DUE093

Description

Just weeks after Pearl Harbor, Darwin was mauled by a massive Japanese attack. Without a single fighter to defend Australian soil, the Australian government made a special appeal to Britain for Spitfires.

A year later the Spitfire VC-equipped No 1 Fighter Wing, RAAF, faced the battle-hardened 202nd Kokutai of the IJNAF, equipped with A6M2 Zero-sens, over Darwin. This was a grueling campaign between evenly matched foes, fought in isolation from the main South Pacific battlegrounds. Pilots on either side had significant combat experience, including a number of Battle of Britain veterans. The Spitfire had superior flight characteristics but was hampered by short range and material defects in the tropical conditions, while the Japanese employed better tactics and combat doctrine inflicting serious losses on the over-confident Commonwealth forces.

Fully illustrated with detailed full-color artwork, this is the gripping story of two iconic aircraft facing off against each other above Australia.