Fire By Order – Recollections Of Service With 656 Air Observation Post Squadron In Burma By E.W. Mnaslen-Jones

Their flying hours broke all records, their feats of endurance and airmanship in appalling weather conditions set standards seldom equalled and they never once failed to answer a call for help from their comrades on the ground. This is a story that constitutes a remarkable feat of arms and must be recordef for ever in the Annals of the British Army, the Royal Air Force and the Royal Artillery’ – General Sir Martin Farndale KCB