THE DOUGLAS BOSTON IN RAAF SERVICE: No 22 Squadron 1942-1944

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Details the Douglas Boston in RAAF service, including combat history, losses, and Japanese adversaries. Presents the most detailed history and accurate profiles to date of the Douglas Boston light bomber (DB-7B and A-20 models) in RAAF Pacific service. From late 1942 until mid-1943 it flew daring low-level attack missions in New Guinea, before advancing to the Netherlands East Indies in 1944. Illustrates and explains the development of the type in RAAF service, and closely aligns its Japanese belligerents, in the air and on the ground and sea. Includes a wide range of primary source material including official records, diaries, rare photos, captured documents, and operational logs of relevant Japanese units.