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“Absorbing . . . this is an excellent account of air operations and tactics of the air battles in North Africa, the Mediterranean, and Italy.”—Firetrench

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In this detailed eye-witness account the author describes the realities of the fighting over and around Malta during World War II, up to and including 21 March

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