John Rogers

New Guinea 1943–44 is a fully illustrated history of airpower during the decisive stage of the New Guinea campaign, marking the moment when the Allies were finally able to go on the offensive and shatter Japanese forces. In mid-1943, responsibility for air operations over New Guinea transferred to the Imperial Japanese Army Air Force (IJAAF) from the Imperial Japanese Navy....

Lavishly illustrated, this book studies the role of airpower in the New Guinea battles of 1942–43, as the Allies checked and halted Japan's last significant offensives. New Guinea 1942–43 by Mark Stille and John Rogers offers a new history of a previously neglected part of the South Pacific air war—the battles over New Guinea and the waters around it. The...