| Record Type: |
Electronic resources
: monographic
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| Title Information: |
American pursuit pilots in the defense of Java, 1941-1942 |
| Author: |
BartschWilliam H., 1933- |
| Secondary Intellectual Responsibility: |
Project Muse |
| Place of Publication: |
College Station |
| Published: |
Texas A&M University Press; |
| Year of Publication: |
c2010 |
| Edition: |
1st ed. |
| Description: |
1 online resource (xxii, 506 p.)ill., maps. : |
| Series: |
Number 131: Williams-Ford Texas A&M University military history series |
| Subject: |
Fighter pilots - History - United States - 20th century - |
| Subject: |
World War, 1939-1945 - Regimental histories - United States - |
| Subject: |
World War, 1939-1945 - Campaigns - Indonesia - |
| Subject: |
World War, 1939-1945 - Aerial operations, American - |
| Online resource: |
http://muse.jhu.edu/books/9781603442466/ |
| Notes: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 437-458) and index |
| ISBN: |
9781603442466electronic bk. |
| ISBN: |
1603442464electronic bk. |
| ISBN: |
9781603441766hbk. |
| ISBN: |
160344176Xhbk. |
| Content Note: |
Prologue. Never in our history has there been a time like the present -- Plans for reaching you quickly with pursuit are jeopardized -- We are virtually a floating ammunition dump -- We clme 4,700 miles and arepigeon-holed! -- The news from Wavell is all bad -- There goes our ferry route -- Second lieutenants are expendable -- You are not forgotten men -- A collection of the worst landings I have ever seen -- I'm all shot to hell! -- These guys are really inexperienced -- Someone is crazy! This is murder! -- I deeply regret failure to hold Abda Area -- I wasthoroughly enjoying myself --Nothing will ever happen to me -- He waswholly unrecognizable -- How can we operate against such odds? -- Every day a nightmare! -- Nothing less than desertion -- Thousands of men gone completely mad-- Senseless in all senses -- Give us 24 hours to get out of this God-damned place! -- Epilogue -- Appendix. Table 1. Pilots of 21st Pursuit Squadron -- Table 2. Pilots of 34th Pursuit Squadron -- Table 3. Pilots of 35th pursuit group -- Table 4. Pilots of 14th, 20th and 51st pursuit groups -- Table 5. Philippines pursuit pilots sent to Australia -- Table 6. Pilots and aircraft of 17th Pursuit Squadron (provisional) -- Table 7. Pilots of 20th Pursuit Squadron (provisional) -- Table 8. Pilots and aircraft of 3rd Pursuit Squadron (provisional) -- Table 9. Pilots and aircraft of 33rd Pursuit Squadron (provisional) -- Table 10. Pilots of 13th Pursuit Squadron (provisional) -- Table 11. Enlistedmen of 17th Pursuit Squadron (provisional) -- Table 12. Enlisted men of 20th Pursuit Squadron (provisional) -- Table 13. Enlisted menof the 3rd Pursuit Squadron (provisional) -- Table 14. Personnel embarked on USS Langley -- Table 15. Japanese aircraft shot down or badly damaged |