TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bartsch,William H.
TI  - Every day a nightmare: American pursuit pilots in the defense of Java, 1941-1942 
T2  - Number 131: Williams-Ford Texas A&M University military history series
SN  - 9781603442466
AV  - D767 .E947 2010
PY  - 2010///
CY  - College Station
PB  - Texas A&M University Press
KW  - United States
KW  - Army
KW  - History
KW  - World War, 1939-1945
KW  - Air Corps
KW  - Aerial operations, American
KW  - Campaigns
KW  - Indonesia
KW  - Java
KW  - Regimental histories
KW  - Fighter pilots
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; 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 came 4,700 miles and are pigeon-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 was thoroughly enjoying myself --; Nothing will ever happen to me --; He was wholly 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. Enlisted men of 17th Pursuit Squadron (provisional) --; Table 12. Enlisted men of 20th Pursuit Squadron (provisional) --; Table 13. Enlisted men of the 3rd Pursuit Squadron (provisional) --; Table 14. Personnel embarked on USS Langley --; Table 15. Japanese aircraft shot down or badly damaged; 2; b
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