Dreadful lady over the Mekong Delta : RAAF Canberras in the Vietnam War
Howe, Bob2022
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Dreadful Lady over the Mekong Delta looks at the men of No 2 Squadron and the operations they flew in the Vietnam War in their Canberra bombers. From April 1967, the squadron spent four years attacking enemy targets, many of them in the Mekong Delta region, and contending with the politics, weather, and 'fog' of war. The riverine operations supported by No 2 Squadron were but a small part of an allied effort to disrupt the enemy's movement of troops and supplies to locations in South Vietnam. It was, according to one commentator, 'a kind of guerrilla warfare conducted in a navy environment'.
Main title:
Dreadful lady over the Mekong Delta : RAAF Canberras in the Vietnam War / Wing Commander Bob Howe, RAAF (Retd).
Author:
Howe, Bob, authorAustralia. Royal Australian Air Force. Air Power Development Centre, issuing body
Imprint:
Newport, NSW : Big Sky Publishing Pty Ltd, [2022]©2022.
Collation:
xvi, 229 pages : illustrations (some colour) , maps (chiefly colour), facsimiles ; 25 cm.
Series title:
Notes:
At head of cover title: Royal Australian Air campaign series.'RAFF history and heritage' --Back cover.Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
IntroductionThe settingThe participantsUS-led Riverine operations in the Mekong DeltaTactical air support to Riverine operationsRAAF Canberras and Riverine operationsNo 2 Squadron's effectiveness in Riverine operationsSummary and conclusions.
ISBN:
9781922896407 (paperback)
Dewey class:
959.7043 HOW
Language:
English
Subject:
Australia. Royal Australian Air Force. Squadron, 2 -- HistoryCanberra (Bombers) -- HistoryCanberra (Military aircraft) -- HistoryVietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Aerial operations, AustralianVietnam War, 1961-1975 -- CampaignsAir pilots, Military -- Australia -- BiographyFlight navigators, Military -- Australia -- Biography
BRN:
77064
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