It had been an extraordinary fortnight in the air over North Africa. The sky, except for a few rude little patches, belonged to the Allies. Across its trackless terrain thundered all the fine namesthe Flying Fortresses, Halifaxes, Wellingtons, Liberators, Bisleys, Mitchells, Bostons, Marauders, Baltimores, Lightnings, Spitfires, Beaufighters, Hurri-bombers, Aira-cobras, Kittyhawks, Warhawks. But though the aerial terrain was trackless, the pattern of the thunder was very exact, very formaland very effective.
The pattern was developed, to a large extent, by the British Air Command in the Middle Eastnotably Air Chief Marshal Sir...
To continue reading:
or
Log-In
