The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-06-15
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SYNOPSIS
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SYNOPSIS
CHAPTER I: The story OF the famous
18th and 7th Bombardment Groups. OF
Lieut.. COL Frank Kurtz and his Fortress
Grew Grew IN the tremendous air. air campaign n Is
In the Southwest Pacific. Lieut.. Kurtz.
who was pilot of the old Fortress. known
as The Swoose," which escaped from
CLARK Field. in the Philippines. tells :, OF
pedals to the wreck of Old go, finds eight
Of his crew lying in an irregular line.
CHAPTER II: Lieut. Kurtz tells how
termanded: instead they hey W were to load
bombs. Then he was ordered to jerk the
bombs, reload with cameras and rush
the camoufiage. Preparations made for
shouts. Look at that pretty navy forma-
be flight Of Jap planes.
CHAPTER III: Bombs hit the mess
hall. The Japs move of. They hear
another hum. "P-40's." they think. but
they prove to be Zeros coming in from
the direction OF Corregidor. The boys
duck back into their foxholes.
CHAPTER Nv: The pilots are given
their targets and towering above the
group is Colin Kelly, about to head out
on his first mission. Buzz Wagner IS
chased by Japs in his P-4o. He meets
Lieut.. Russ Church and they bomb
Jap field. Church fails to return. The
death of Colin Kelly.
CHAPTER v: Fortresses are kept in
the air to save them from the Japs.
Through some mistake someone opens
the place. No longer safe to sleep in the
barracks. cots are moved into a corn
al Enh Inft IN
them, evacuation begins. Lieut.. Kurtz
tells of last plane trip out in a patched.
up plane. Japs land light tanks at Apart.
Squadron commander Major Gibbs fails
to return from mission. u. S. forces fee
from Clark Field to Mindanao.
CHAPTER vi: Navigator Harry
Schneider tells Of q fight with Zeros In
lands In . rice paddy and is surrounded
by Filipinos. The crew buys an outrigger
canoe and sail to the isle Of Panay. Later
they take of for Australia.
CHAPTER VII: Lieut.. Kurtz takes up
the story again. He describes the hot.
dry Christmas day In Australia. and how
u. S. hiers spent II. A report comes IN
over CIV radio. It was from Schaetzel
Dsns DoSy ose sfI asn h nh plane
q wreck. Gen. Brereton lands on the
field and the boys are summoned to
meeting.
CHAPTER VIII: U. S. fiiers arrive at
the Dutch field, and shortly after start
on fight for Davao, In the Philippines.
but run short OF gas and come home.
Gas up and take of at midnight for
trip over, Kurtz sees tremendous concen-
sration OF ships. makes bomb run. Jap
fighters come up. Bombs awayl"
CHAPTER TX: Bombardier says they
Field boys are briefed before dawn.
told about big concentration Of Jap ships
NE. Of Borneo. They take of, but hit
q frightful fog. Cannot see plane right
huge black cloud resembling tornado It
was the Dutch burning their Borneo oil.
CHAPTER X: One Of Kurtz' motors il
hit as they approach target. He makes
fast Tries to make Malang Field on
Java, but changes mind and heads for
Surabaya Field. Sets her down safely on
short runway. Dutch get reinforcements
from U. S.-new = model Forts.
CHAPTER N: Bombardler tells Of
hazardous trip to Brazil when running
low on gas, and Of sabotage on planes.
Gunner picks up the story. tells how E
model Fortresses tangled with the Japs.
CHAPTER XII: Lieut.. Kurtx tells Of
bombing run on cruiser. Two hits scored.
Major Robinson radios to Skiles: Radio
base at Malang to have ambulance
ready" Then Major Robinson's plane
goes into dive and crashes into sea.
CHAPTER XIII: Jap transport hit
by u. S. bomb, goes up In confetti. Lieut..
Kurtz. now in Batavia, gets word that
P-40's are on way from Australia with
belly tanks. The P-40's arrive at Gnoro.
Japs move into Borneo and the Celebes.
ard three waves of Jap bombers fly over
Java.
CHAPTER XIV: An American sub
sneaks through from Corregidor with IA
passengers aboard. Sergt. Boone. the
gunner. tells how Queens die.
CHAPTER XIV: Java sea now full OF
Jap carriers. continues Lieut.. Kurtz. Japs
lombard helpless Dutch town. Scant
Dutch rations described. Japs come
over and blow up the kitchen; bomb
scores direct hit on their supply OF beer.