RAF Liberators Over Burma by Bill Kirkness, Matt Poole - 9781781556566

RAF Liberators Over BurmaFlying with 159 Squadron\nAuthor(s): Bill Kirkness, Matt Poole\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Fonthill Media Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Fonthill Media Ltd\nISBN-13: 9781781556566, 978-1781556566\nSynopsis\nBritish RAF wireless operator/air gunner Bill `Enoch Kirkness of Horsforth, Yorkshire, flew thirty-two B-24 Liberator bomber sorties, twenty-eight of which were against Japanese targets in Burma. He was credited with downing the night fighter that killed a crewmate and severely damaged his Liberator in April 1944; his aircrafts crash-landing abruptly ended his first tour of operations. He was awarded a prestigious Distinguished Flying Medal for his heroism.\nBills memoir of Wellington ferry flights, Liberator training, and operations with 159 Squadron typifies aspects of the human spiritincluding fear and anxiety, focused determination, numbing boredom, brotherly camaraderie, heart-wrenching anguish, and comic reliefwhich any young man immersed within suc.