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USAAF P-40’s in Java – Part Six
Confusion, chaos – and Bob Buel “…Essential you have squadron P-40’s at Darwin for operations and convoy by 13-14 February…” said a message from General Brett on February 12, 1942, confirming the confusion and chaos that now had the Allied … Continue reading
Posted in Aircraft, Australia in WW2 and later, Dutch East Indies, Pacific War, USAAF in Australia, USAAF Pacific, WW2 Pacific
Tagged Curtiss P-40 in Australia, Curtiss P-40 Warhawk, Curtiss P-40's in Port Pirie, Dutch East Indies, P-40's in Brisbane, P-40's Pacific War, USAAF 1942, USAAF in Australia, USAAF in Brisbane, USAAF in Darwin, USAAF P-40's in Australia, USAAF P-40's in Darwin
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USAAF P-40’s in Java – Part Five
The Other Enemy – The Weather… USAAF officers Wagner, Mahoney, Strauss and Keenan were handling the P-40 flight training in Brisbane. On February 1, 1942, they put their commissions at risk by sending this message directly to Washington: “… have … Continue reading
Posted in Aircraft, Australia in WW2 and later, Dutch East Indies, Pacific War, USAAF Pacific, WW2 Pacific
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USAAF P-40’s in Java – Part Four
The Bali Ambush – 20th Squadron to Java The USAT President Polk, a cargo liner pressed into service as an Army transport, sailed from San Francisco on December 18, 1941 without escort, en-route for Mindanao. As the situation in the Philippines … Continue reading
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USAAF P-40’s in Java – Part Three
The 17th goes north 16 – 25 January, 1942, In the early morning of January 16, 1942, the 17th Pursuit Squadron (Provisional) left for Darwin. After a hair-raising rooftop-level buzz down Brisbane’s Queen Street, the 17 P-40’s turned north-west onto … Continue reading
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Tagged 17th Pursuit Squadron 1942, Bud Sprague, Captain Bud Sprague, Curtiss P-40 ferry to Java, Curtiss P-40 in Australia, Curtiss P-40 in Dutch East Indies, Curtiss P-40 in Java, Curtiss P-40 Warhawk, P-40's at Amberley, P-40's Pacific War, Pappy Gunn, USAAF P-40's in Australia, USAAF P-40'S in Brisbane, USAAF P-40's in Darwin, USAAF P-40's in Java
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