The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-07-13
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81 ANOES SIS
CHAPTER l: 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
Clark Field. in the Philippines. tells of
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 10 camouhage Old SO were coun.
fernandez; instead they were to load
bombs. Then he was ordered to jerk the
the camoufiage. Preparations made for
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 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-40 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; yaps begin photographiinng
barracks, cots are moved into a corn
field. With no fighters left to 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 fee
from Clark Field to Mindanao.
CHAPTER vi: Navigator Harry
Schneider tells of fight with Zeros in
which Shorty Wheless takes part, He
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 off for Australia.
CHAPTER VII: Lieut. Rurtz takes up
the story again. He describes the hot,
dry Christmas day in Australia, and how
U. S. fiiers spent It. A report comes IN
over CIV radio. II 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 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
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 away"
CHAPTER TX: Bombardier says they
had caught Japs fat-footed. At Malang
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
ahead. Coming out of fog they see a
huge black cloud resembling tornado. II
was the Dutch burning their Borneo oil.
CHAPTER X: One of Kurtz' motors is
hit as they approach target. He makes
direct hit on cruiser. Losing altitude
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.
CHAPTER xI: Bonbardier 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.. Kurtz tells Of
bombing run on cruiser. Two hits scored
Major Robinson radios to Sldles: Radio
base at Malang to have ambulance
goes into a 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-4Os 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; a bomb
scores a direct hit on their supply of beer
CHAPTER XVI: Japs learn weakness
of E model Fortress, and U. S. fiers put
in a .50-caliber machine gun. Attack a
Jap cruiser. Lieut. Kurtz senses he is
being watched.
CHAPTER XVII: Morale sags when
boys learn that an aircraft tender stacked
with P40's goes down with all on board.
and the story of the Marblehead and the
Houston gets around. Bud Sprague gets
his commission as Lieut. Col. in the
morning; rides to his death in a dive
bomber in the afternoon. Japs take Bali
field Java begins to cave in.
CHAPTER XVIII: The Dutch blow up
their ammunition dumps and the order
comes through to evacuate. Some of
the boys head for Australia. as Java
begins collapsing all around. The little
Dutch navy fights losing fight