Australia in the War of 1939-1945 Series Three Air 'Royal Australian Air Force 1939-1942', 'Air War Against Japan 1943-1945', Air Power over Europe 1944-1945'
Canberra: Australian War Memorial, 1957-1962. Four octavo volumes, blue cloth with gold spine lettering, [xiii], 2,592 pp. in total, illustrated with three diagrams, one graph, and one chart, as well as 164 in-text maps, and 89 plates. Endpapers slightly foxed, tear on one of the dust jackets spine with no loss of text, otherwise a fine set in dust-jacket. First edition (except volume 3 which is a reprint).
Complete set of the first editions, in four volumes:
Volume One: Royal Australian Air Force 1939-1942 by Douglas Gillison. This volume is concerned mainly with the air war against Japan from December 1941 to the end of the first quarter of 1943 when air superiority was first wrested from the Japanese.
Volume Two: Air War Against Japan 1943-1945 by George Odgers. This volume describes the operations and the problems of the R.A.A.F. in the war against Japan from April 1943 until the end of the war - the period in which the Allies possessed air superiority in the Pacific.
Volume Three: Air War Against Germany and Italy 1939-1943 by John Herington. This volume focuses on the part played by increasing numbers of Australians in the first four years of the air war in Europe and the Middle East.
Volume Four: Air Power Over Europe 1944-1945 by John Herington. This volume continues and concludes the story of Australian airmen who served in the war against Germany and Italy. Item #3109
Price (AUD): $400.00