On 1??"2 April 1944, 159 Squadron Mk VI Liberator EV870, like Bill's crew???s EV843 and the squadron???s BZ960, was attacked by a fighter over Rangoon. Despite EV870???s violent crash landing at RAF Alipore in Calcutta, short of our base at Dhubalia, there was no fire. All nine crewmen survived the fighter attack and prang / A GRIPPING new book which tells the first-person story of one of the brave RAF pilots responsible for fighting the Japanese in the skies over Burma during the Second World War has been released this week, giving a fascinating insight into one of Britain???s lesser-known conflicts. Images from ???RAF Liberators Over Burma: Flying with 159 Squadron??? by Bill Kirkness and Matt Poole, show Bill and his crew carrying out repairs from their base in India, while troops can be seen preparing the aircraft???s machine guns in another. A further image shows a pilot preparing for take-off from the base, while several shots of the crew together offer a real insight into what life was like for the RAF pilots fighting in this area of the world during the war / Fonthill Media / mediadrumworld.com