A Very Different War: RAAF Operations in the Korean War By Owen Zupp

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A Very Different War: RAAF Operations in the Korean WarOwen Zupp is a published author with 19000 hours of varied flight experience His background ranges from charter work and flight instruction to ferry flights flight testing and the airlines He has also served as both a Chief Pilot and Chief Flying Instructor With 20 years in airline operations Owen has flown both domestically and across the globe from his Australian base He holds a Masters Degree in Aviation Management and writings on aviation have been published around the world and received various accolades and awards In 2007 his first book Down to Earth was published and traces the combat experiences of a WWII RAF fighter pilot Today he remains a current airline pilot and passionate aviation writer with an array of best selli Owen Zupp is a published author with 19000 hours of varied flight experience His background ranges from charter work and flight instruction to ferry flights flight testing and the airlines He has also served as both a Chief Pilot and Chief Flying Instructor With 20 years in airline operations Owen has flown both domestically and across the globe from his Australian base He holds a Masters Degree in Aviation Management and writings on aviation have been published around the world and received various accolades and awards In 2007 his first book Down to Earth was published and traces the combat experiences of a WWII RAF fighter pilot Today he remains a current airline pilot and passionate aviation writer with an array of best selling books titled 50 Tales of Flight Solo Flight and 50 More Tales of Flight Most recently he has launched the Practical Pilot series and now Without Precedent site_link Read the paperback rather than Kindle but couldn t find it listed Great read on this forgotten conflict highly recommended for anyone with an interest in aviation of military history Covers the period of transition for the RAAF from the piston engines fighters of WW2 to the jet age English

A Very Different War: RAAF Operations in the Korean War By Owen Zupp
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The Korean War lies between the enormity of the Second World War and the controversy of Vietnam Although it often slips through the cracks of history it represented a global shift as two opposing ideologies clashed and the Cold War heated up The fledgling United Nations was called to act and Australia joined the 21 nations committed to supporting South Korea Within days of the North Koreans crossing the 38th Parallel the RAAF was flying missions from its base in Japan In the ensuing three years the RAAF gained respect among its peers and the attention of the opposing military powers When the war reached a crisis point with UN forces pinned down and threatened with being pushed off the peninsula into the sea the RAAF was at the epicentre During the war the RAAF entered the jet age and the transition was not without challenges and losses Ultimately a generation of RAAF leaders emerged from the ranks of sergeant pilots and junior officers who underwent their baptism of fire on the Korean Peninsula Using No 77 Squadron operations as a timeline this concise history of the RAAF involvement in the war examines the roles of the transport unit nurses ground crews prisoners of war and those who still have no known resting place A Very Different War RAAF Operations in the Korean War.