| South Pacific
They built a runway on a tiny island in the middle of the South Pacific as a refuelling stop. It is Canton Island. Years ago the commercial planes stopped there to refuel. We had a bunker / air raid shelter in the suburb of Auckland that I lived in. Eagles high is a good account of the battle of Britain and the pilots that flew the planes. British, Australian, New Zealand, Canadian, US and Poland. The history of Rolls Royce ( the engine department ) is also interesting reading as well as the airframe designers especially Mitchell. I new seven surviving guys from an NZ squadron that were in the war. We knew our school teachers by there rank. I may have a couple of those books here somewhere. Will be down for the Swiftsure race in late May.
Michael
|