Furies and Fireflies Over Korea: The Story of the Men of the Fleet Air Arm, RAF and Commonwealth who Defended South Korea, 1950-1953

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Grub Street, 2004 - History - 191 pages
With the outbreak of the Korean War, the UN Security Council called on its members to act and 16 nations did, with Britain sending aircraft carriers such as HMS Truimph, from which piston engined Sea Fury fighters and Fairey Firefly fighter-bombers operated.

This is the story of the British and Australian Fleet Ari Arm pilots and their missions over hoistile territory, missions carried out with distinction and honor.

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Graham A Thomas is an author and a historian.

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