Fighters Over the Aegean: Hurricanes Over Crete, Spitfires Over Kos, Beaufighters Over the Aegean

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Brian Cull

Fighters Over the Aegean

Hurricanes Over Crete, Spitfires Over Kos, Beaufighters Over the Aegean

Brian Cull

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English

Fonthill Media Ltd
10 August 2017

History; European history; Second World War; Air forces & warfare

Following the Casablanca Conference in January 1943, at which the Americans refused to back Britain's plan to invade the Dodecanese Islands in the Aegean, to be followed by an invasion of the Greek mainland, a weakened British attempt was made with disastrous results. The Americans wished to concentrate all their forces in capturing Sicily and then invading southern Italy. In this first comprehensive account of aerial operations over the Eastern Mediterranean/Aegean, the first chapter covers the disastrous Hurricane attack on Crete (Operation Thesis), an attempt to divert Axis attention from Sicily; subsequent chapters deal with British landings on the islands of Kos and Leros when Spitfires vainly attempted to hold the Luftwaffe at bay. Meanwhile, Beaufighters flying from North Africa and Cyprus roamed over the Aegean attacking shipping and aerial transports with success but at a heavy cost, until the Germans withdrew from the Aegean and the Greek mainland. In addition, specially modified Spitfires are detailed to combat pressurised high-altitude Ju 87 spy planes used by the Luftwaffe based on Crete, and the Fleet Air Arm with its Seafires, Wildcats and Hellcats over the Aegean. Also, the book includes many first-hand accounts from both British and German aircrew extracted from official reports and memoirs.

By: Brian Cull
Imprint: Fonthill Media Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 16mm
Weight: 302g
ISBN: 9781781556320
ISBN 10: 1781556326
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 10 August 2017
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Brian Cull is a full-time researcher and writer on Second World War aviation and lives in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. He has 30 aviation titles to his credit and is currently (2017) working on a highly detailed four-volume day-by-day account of the Battle of Britain from 5 June 1940 which commences over France in the first volume of the series-First of the Few, 5 June-9 July 1940 (already published by Fonthill).