South African Air Force Fighter Colors: Volume 1 - East African Campaign 1940-1942

by Piet Van Schalkwyk and William Marshall

In the early stages of World War Two, the Italian Forces in Abyssinia, East Africa, consisting of 200,000 troops and nearly 400 aircraft constituted a grave threat to Kenya and the Sudan. To meet this threat three South African Air Force (SAAF) fighter squadrons were deployed to East Africa to counter the attacking Italian Air Force. The three squadrons operated mostly old and antiquated bi-planes in the form of Hawker Furies, Gloster Gauntlets and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 836067230X
• ISBN13: 9788360672303
• Release Date: December 2018
• Publisher: Model Centrum Progres
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.9" x 11.3"