"Evans’ meticulous research and smooth writing style make for a comfortable reading experience."

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Air Battle for Burma cements Bryn Evans’ place in this genre, following earlier works on the air war and other subjects, so perhaps he might consider the biography of the interesting, albeit ultimately tragic, life of a forgotten Australian leader. Tackling a subject as broad as the air battle for Burma, and doing so competitively, surely means such a worthwhile project is within the realms of possibility. Either way, the author’s next work is happily anticipated.

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Aircrew Book Review

Well-written and researched, this is an unexpectedly exciting account of the air battle and of the men who fought it.

RAAFA Wings, June 2016

I have just finished reading Air Battle for Burma. Excellent work.
My local bookshop got the copy imported from England for me and I would like to congratulate the author on the book.

Doug Goold

As well as some clear maps and striking photographs, what makes the book really ‘come alive’ is the interweaving of the personalised stories from some of the pilots themselves. Using a mixture of diaries and personal interviews, Evans includes these dramatic descriptions of combat between Commonwealth fighter pilots and their Japanese foes.
The Burma campaign has often been associated with the ‘Forgotten’ XIV Army. This is therefore an important contribution by Evans to shed some new light into this important, but somewhat under-reported and undervalued, campaign.

RUSI Victoria

Spitfires soar over a landscape of desperation and isolation - as with Bryn's previous book on the Desert Air Force, this work is a revelation, even for those who are familiar with Military History. There are facts and insights that will surprise many readers. Burma really was the "Forgotten Theatre" of WW2, at the extreme (and poorly-supplied) reaches of both the British and Japanese Empires. The men fighting there had an arduous and often completely thankless task. Bryn allows the voices of the participants to convey the bulk of this story, providing much colour and intensive personal detail. Bryn's careful selection of testimony and his judicious narration of the larger historical framework create a work which summons up the fear, the muddle, the desperation, the struggle, the bravery, the disappointment, and eventually the triumph which played themselves out in this unforgiving landscape. While the focus of the book is on the fighter units on the British side, many other voices are heard from the other services: Navy, Army, friend & enemy, civilians and prisoners; and from other far-ranging theatres of combat which all influenced the Burma saga.

James Oglethorpe, of RAAF No 3 Squadron Association

Not only was it a riveting story, it had the ring of truth about it. I was fascinated by it, and had trouble putting it down.

Ass Prof Ian Francis

A most valuable and respected addition to the military part of my modest library

Maj Gen Ray Sharp (Ret'd)

Your book Air Battle for Burma surpassed your excellent "The Decisive Campaigns of the Desert Air Force 1942-1945". I am ashamed to say I was not aware of the detail you supplied in your magnum opus - it  was superb, well researched and vivid, written so professionally. I was exhausted in my Spitfire and I could just visualise and smell that jungle. What if I had to jump? Glad we finished that war.

You were highly successful with recreating experiences, challenges, and sacrifices and the eventful fight back to achieve the first defeat of the Japanese  Empire. It must have been hell. It leaves us feeling humble and grateful. I was not fully aware of the Air Force achievements in Burma, especially the fighters.’

Col Frize, RAF fighter pilot Ret’d.

Once again, congratulations on an excellent book. I believe that both Air Battle for Burma and The Decisive Campaigns of the Desert Air Force 1942-1945 are excellent books.

It is a well-written and researched history of the air war over Burma. An engaging and informative read - it is also an unexpectedly exciting account of the air battle and of the men who fought it .

Bob Treloar, Air Vice-Marshal RAAF Ret’d.

An excellent book about the air war over Burma.

Chris Gilling, Editor of FlyPast Magazine