Selasa, 09 Januari 2018

Air Battle for Fortress Malta

Royal Air Force fighter pilots, including a group of American volunteers, paid a heavy price during their brave defense of the strategic archipelago. On March 21, 1942, Pilot Officer Howard Coffin, an American from Los Angeles and a volunteer in the Royal Air Force, sat down to record the day’s events in his diary. He …

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