13-12-2007, 10:37 AM
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You're Top Poster: #1   | Korean Air War I know nothing about the Korean Air War but since the recent posts on the Australian contribution to it I started to have a little dig around. There seems to be a lot of information out there and I seem to be getting drawn into it (bugger, more books  ). This seems to be a good intro the history of the air war. It's a chronological history, mainly from the USAF perspective: Air War Korea and a good basic page to get started: A Frozen Hell: The Air War Over Korea then a more detailed history: Korean War
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13-12-2007, 10:42 AM
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You're Top Poster: #2  | Amazon.com: BY THE SKIN OF MY TEETH: The Memoirs of an RAF Mustang Pilot in World War II and of Flying Sabres with USAF in Korea: Books: Colin Downes You'll thank me later, Kyt...
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13-12-2007, 10:47 AM
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You're Top Poster: #1 | RN & FAA Casualties The Korean campaign casualties are generally marked as such Royal Navy casualties, killed and died, 1950 Royal Navy casualties, killed and died, 1951 Royal Navy casualties, killed and died, 1952 Royal Navy casualties, killed and died, 1953
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13-12-2007, 10:48 AM
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You're Top Poster: #2 | Anecdotes of Sunderlands' contribution in Korea: Peter A. Weston, "Far East Flying Boat Wing". R.A.F.Seletar. No.209 Sunderland Sqdn. Mk.V.
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13-12-2007, 11:05 AM
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You're Top Poster: #2 | 3rd Air Rescue Group Korean Service 1950-1954
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13-12-2007, 11:38 AM
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__________________ Spidge, ------------------------------------------------------- My Avatar is the memorial to the 22 Commonwealth Coastwatchers at the Temakin Cemetery on Betio (Tarawa Atoll) who were beheaded by the Japanese on 15th October 1942. http://www.dva.gov.au/media/publicat...mem_beito.html "You were given the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor and you will have war." (Winston Churchill made this prophetic pronouncement in a House of Commons speech in 1938, just after Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain signed the Munich agreement with Hitler. Chamberlain returned from Germany with the signed agreement in hand, proclaiming that "peace in our time" had been achieved. Churchill attacked Chamberlain's "politics of appeasement" in this and many other speeches.) What did the Australians do in ww2 and other conflicts? Check out this site: http://www.diggerhistory.info/00-pag...ster-index.htm | |
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09-01-2008, 08:44 AM
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You're Top Poster: #11 | Hi All, Another point of interest about the 'air war' is that the Royal Australian Air Force's first operation in Korea occurred on 2nd July 1950 when 77 Squadron escorted B-29 Superfortresses. (Depicted in the Robert Taylor painting below which was commissioned by the Australian War Memorial) 178528.jpg 77 Squadron was based in Japan as part of the occupation forces after WWII and was on the verge of returning home when the Korean conflict commenced. In fact, they were having a wow of a party when word came through that war had broken out. As such, they were into the fray very early in the piece. Cheers Owen |
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09-01-2008, 11:37 PM
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You're Top Poster: #2 | Haven't seen the Taylor before Owen. Thanks for posting it.
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