Untold stories from the Desert Air Force – Eighth Army’s enforcer in the Second World War
Posted on Friday 16th May 2014

Further Reading
The Decisive Campaigns of the Desert Air Force 1942-1945
(Hardback - 223 pages)
ISBN: 9781783462605
by Bryn Evans
Only £19.99
Compared to the RAF's Fighter and Bomber Commands, the Desert Air Force (DAF) is far less well known, yet its achievements were spectacular.
DAF led the way in North Africa and Italy in pioneering new tactics in close Army-Air Force co-operation on the battlefield, DAF and Allied air forces gave Allied armies in North Africa and Italy a decisive cutting edge.
While the Axis forces used the many rivers and mountains of Tunisia and Italy to slow the Allies advance, DAF was there to…
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