Description

Starting in 1922 with the sound of a Curtiss biplane echoing across the swamps and deltas of western Papua and concludes in 1942 with Japanese bombers destroying on the the ground the last of the civil aircraft that had changed the face of the Mandated Territory of New Guinea. The book tells the remarkable story of how these 20 years were highly significant in the history of world aviation. Illustrated with numerous black and white photographs and maps.