Hurricanes Over Singapore: RAF, RNZAF and NEI Fighters in Action Against the Japanese Over the Island and the Netherlands East Indies, 1942

Author(s): Brian Cull

Military History

Hurricanes over Singapore is the companion volume to the successful Buffaloes over Singapore published in 2003. It continues the story of the RAFâÃÂÃÂs gallant but futile attempt to stop the might of the Japanese invasion force in its quest to conquer not only Singapore, but also Sumatra and Java and all the other islands that constituted the Netherlands East Indies. The Hurricanes went into action over Singapore on 20 January 1942 and the last two aircraft made the final flight at Java on 8 March that year. During the intervening time the Hurricane pilots and ground crew âÃÂàBritish, New Zealanders, Australians, Canadians, Dutch and Americans âÃÂàgave their all, with many making the supreme sacrifice. The majority of survivors would spend the next 3 ÃÂý years as prisoners of the Japanese âÃÂàand some of their heart-rending stories are detailed here. This expertly researched account, the most comprehensive to date, and accompanied by rare photographs, is told wherever possible by the pilots themselves, the majority of whom were young and inexperienced. Their efforts should not be forgotten and this book is a dispassionate tribute to those who fell in battle, those who died as prisoners and those who survived the trials and tribulations of imprisonment.

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Brian Cull is a highly respected Grub Street author with past publications such as Hurricanes over Tobruk, Hurricanes over Malta, Spitfires over Sicily and Buffaloes over Singapore to his credit.

General Fields

  • : 9781904010807
  • : Grub Street
  • : Grub Street
  • : 0.594
  • : June 2004
  • : 240mm X 156mm X 27mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Brian Cull
  • : Hardback
  • : illustrated edition
  • : 940.544941
  • : 256
  • : Air forces & warfare; Asian / Middle Eastern history: Second World War; Military history; Battles & campaigns; World history: Second World War
  • : Illustrations