RAF Liberators over Burma: Flying with 159 Squadron

British RAF wireless operator/air gunner Bill ‘Enoch’ Kirkness of Horsforth, Yorkshire, flew thirty—two B—24 Liberator bomber sorties, twenty—eight of which were against Japanese targets in Burma. He was credited with downing the night fighter that killed a crewmate and severely damaged his Liberator in April 1944; his aircraft’s crash—landing abruptly ended his first tour of operations. He was awarded a prestigious Distinguished Flying Medal for his heroism.

Bill’s memoir of Wellington ferr...