The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-05-11
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SYNOPSIS
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CHAPTER 1: The story OF the famous
18th and 7th Bombardment Groups, OF
Lieut.. Col. Frank Kurtz and his Fortress
crew In the tremendous air campaign
that saved the day for the United Nations
In the Southwest Pacific. Lieut. Kurtz.
who was pilot of the old Fortress. known
S.r as The o Swoose which escaped .,r from 7,
that fatal day when the Japs struck. He
pedals to the wreck of Old 90, finds eight
of his crew lying in an irregular line.
CHAPTER IL: Lieut.. Kurtz tells how
orders to camoufiage Old SO were coun-
fernandez: instead they were to load
bombs. Then he was ordered to jerk the
bombs. reload with cameras and. rush
taking pictures of Formosa. Someone
shouts. Look at that pretty navy forma-
ton" The navy formation" happens to
be flight of Jap planes.
CHAPTER III: Bombs hit the mess
hall. The Japs move off. 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 ~: The pilots are given
their targets and towering above. the
group is Colin Kelly. about to head out
chased by Japs in his P-90. He meets
Lieut.. Russ Church and they bomb
Jap field. Church fails to return. The
death of Colin Kelly.
CHAPTER v: Fortresses are kent in
the air to save them from the Japs.
Through some mistake someone opens
fire on them; ;Japs begin photographing
barracks. cots are moved into a corn
field. With no fighters left 10 defend
them, evacuation begins. Lieut.. Kurtz
tells of last plane trip out in patched
up plane. Japs land light tanks at Apart
Squadron commander Major Gibbs fails
to return from mission. u. S. forces flee
from Clark Field to Mindanao.
CHAPTER vi: Navigator Harry
Schreiber tells of a fight with Zeros in
which Shorty Wheless takes part. He
lands In a rice paddy and is surrounded
by Filipinos. The crew buys an outrigger
canoe and sail to the isle of Panay. Later
they take off for Australia.
CHAPTER VII: Lieut.. Kurtz takes up
the story again. He describes the hot,
dry Christmas day. in Australia. and how
over CIV radio. 1t was from Schaetzel
saying he'd be In after dark with one
body aboard. Schaetzel gets in, his plane
a wreck. Gen. Brereton lands on the
field and the boys are summoned 10 q
meeting.
CHAPTER VIII: u. S. hiers arrive at
the Dutch field. and shortly after start
on flight for Davao. in the Philippines,
but run short of gas and come home.
Gas up and take of at midnight for
Davao. but fail to make target. On third
trip over, Kurtz sees tremendous concen-
tration Of ships. makes bomb run. Jap
fighters come up. Bombs awayf"
CHAPTER TX: Bombardier says they
had caught Japs fat-footed. At Malang
told about big concentration OF Jap ships
NE. Of Borneo. They take of, but hit
q frightful fog. Cannot see plane right
ahead. Coming out OF fog they see q
huge black cloud resembling tornado. It
was the Dutch burning their Borneo oil.
CHAPTER X: One Of Kurtz' motors II
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 E model Forts.