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Every day a nightmare : American pursuit pilots in the defense of Java, 1941-1942

[NT 42944] Record Type:	[NT 8598] Electronic resources : [NT 40817] monographic
[NT 47348] Title Information:	American pursuit pilots in the defense of Java, 1941-1942
[NT 47261] Author:	BartschWilliam H., 1933-
[NT 47356] Secondary Intellectual Responsibility:	Project Muse
[NT 47351] Place of Publication:	College Station
[NT 47263] Published:	Texas A&M University Press;
[NT 47352] Year of Publication:	c2010
[NT 50960] Edition:	1st ed.
[NT 47264] Description:	1 online resource (xxii, 506 p.)ill., maps. :
[NT 47298] Series:	Number 131: Williams-Ford Texas A&M University military history series
[NT 47266] Subject:	Fighter pilots - History - United States - 20th century -
[NT 47266] Subject:	World War, 1939-1945 - Regimental histories - United States -
[NT 47266] Subject:	World War, 1939-1945 - Campaigns - Indonesia -
[NT 47266] Subject:	World War, 1939-1945 - Aerial operations, American -
[NT 51458] Online resource:	http://muse.jhu.edu/books/9781603442466/
[NT 47265] Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 437-458) and index
[NT 50961] ISBN:	9781603442466electronic bk.
[NT 50961] ISBN:	1603442464electronic bk.
[NT 50961] ISBN:	9781603441766hbk.
[NT 50961] ISBN:	160344176Xhbk.
[NT 60779] 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

Every day a nightmare : American pursuit pilots in the defense of Java, 1941-1942
Bartsch, William H.

Every day a nightmare : American pursuit pilots in the defense of Java, 1941-1942 / William H. Bartsch - 1st ed.. - College Station : Texas A&M University Press, c2010. - 1 online resource (xxii, 506 p.) ; ill., maps.. - (Number 131: Williams-Ford Texas A&M University military history series).
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.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 437-458) and index.
ISBN 9781603442466ISBN 1603442464ISBN 9781603441766ISBN 160344176X
Fighter pilotsWorld War, 1939-1945World War, 1939-1945World War, 1939-1945 -- History -- Regimental histories -- Campaigns -- Aerial operations, American -- United States -- United States -- Indonesia -- 20th century

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