Allied Air Transport Operations South West Pacific Area In WWII Vol. I & II (2003-2006) By Robert H. Kelly
Volume I: Development of Air Transport 1903 – 1943.
Volume 2: 1943 - Year of Expansion and Consolidation
The series is unique in that no comprehensive history of the air transport effort in the Pacific in WWII has ever been written before – over 1500 planes and thousands of personnel were involved in transporting supplies and troops within the South West Pacific Area (SWPA).
Volume One covers the development of both civil and military air transport from the invention of powered flight in 1903 to the end of the Buna Gona and Wau campaigns at the start of 1943. The history ranges in detail from an overview of operations down to the individual aircraft and aircrew involved in early SWPA formations.
Volume Two looks at 1943 and covers the operations of 54th Troop Carrier Wing, 374th Troop Carrier Group, 317th Troop Carrier Group, and the RAAF Air Transport Service (with separate, lengthy chapters devoted to each). Also, look at the Battle for Wau and the Nadzab Operation.
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