Aviation History

PACIFIC ADVERSARIES

n Australian with a lifelong fascination for wartime Papua New Guinea, Michael John Claringbould has steeped himself in research from all protagonists in the aerial struggle backing the, Claringbould applies his thorough touch to a series of aerial encounters over New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. Volume One deals with the Japanese army air force while Volume Two focuses on the Japanese naval forces. Opposing them both is a fascinating potpourri of Allied aircraft.

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