US Java operations 1941-42?

[old hoodoo]

Are there any accounts of the activities of the US ground and air corps activities in this period re the defense of Java?

AL

[Bob's Your Uncle]

"old hoodoo" < wrote in message
> Are there any accounts of the activities of the US ground and air corps
activities in this period re the defense of Java?
>
> AL
>
http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/USN-CN-Java/index.html

[Matt Wiser]

"old hoodoo" > wrote:
>Are there any accounts of the activities of
>the US ground and air corps activities in this
>period re the defense of Java?
>
>AL
>
>
Try They Fought With What They Had; it's the story of the USAAF in Java,
Australia, and the Philippines in 1941-42. Check Amazon and see if they have
it (probably used). The more recent Osprey book on P-40 Aces of the Pacific
has some info on the 17th PS (Provisional) which was made up of a number
of Philippine vets who were ordered to Australia in mid-Dec 41 to ferry P-40s
back to Luzon; when the ferry route was cut-they went to Java. Two pilots
made ace, and they had a decent kill/loss ratio in the air. The squadron
destroyed its P-40s and flew on C-47s to Australia on 1 Mar 42.

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[Joe Osman]

"old hoodoo" > wrote in message
...
> Are there any accounts of the activities of the US ground and air corps
activities in this period re the defense of Java?
>
> AL
>
>
The Netherlands East Indies 1941 - 1942 site at

http://www.info-indo.com/indonesia/history/eastindies01.htm

Joe




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