Eagles Victorious. The Operations of the South African Forces over the Mediterranean and Europe, in Italy, the Balkans and the Aegean, and from Gibraltar and West Africa by Martin, H. J., and Neil D. Orpen

(Cape Town: Purnell, 1978) 0868430080. Volume VI in the series 'South African Forces World War II'. 8vo; original blue boards, lettered in gilt on spine; pictorial dustwrapper; pp. xviii + 494, incl. index; several plates and maps, incl. folding. Dustwrapper ever so slightly rubbed, with a little wear to top edge; occasional fox spot. Very good condition. "With a wealth of detail which does justice both to individual units and to the SAAF itself, Lt-Gen H. J. Martin and Colonel Neil Orpen have compiled a record which, for the first time, buts in its true perspective the outstanding part played by the volunteer airmen of the SAAF in the great Allied air armada which achieved supremacy from West Africa to Gibraltar and right across the length of the Mediterranean, over Italy and the Balkans, Greece and the Aegean, to the Levant. Copiously illustrated with more than 100 photographs, and with no fewer than 18 specially drawn maps, this is a thoroughly researched, detailed history which at the same time makes enthralling reading in its recounting of some of the most dramatic moments in South Africa's military annals." .