The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-06-22
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SYNOPSIS

CHAPTER I: The story Of the famous
Lieut. ao Franz Kara ned his 3.
crew In the tremendous air campaign
that saved the day for the United Nations
IN the Southwest Pacific. Lieut.. Kurtz.
.hc M PHt s the Which aa 1om
Clark Field. In the Philippines, tells OF
that fatal day when the Japs struck. He
pedals to the wreck OF Old 80. finds eight
Of his crew lying In an irregular line.
CHAPTER II: Lieut. Kurtx tells how
orders to camouhage Old 80 were coun-
termanded: instead they were to load
bombs. Then he was ordered to jerk the
the camoufage. Preparations made for
taking pictures of Formosa. Someone
shouts, Look at that pretty navy forma.
tion." 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-4o's." they think, but
the direction of Corregidor. The boys
duck back into their foxholes.
CHAPTER Nv: The pilots are given
group @ IS Colin 2e Kelly. s0ss about to head out
chased by Japs in his P-40. He meets
Lieut.. Russ Church and they bomb
Jap field. Church fails to return. The
CHAPTER v: Fortresses are kent In
the air to save them from the Japs.
Through some mistake someone opens
the place. No longer safe 70 sleep in the
barracks, cots are moved into corn
field. With no fighters left to defend
them. evacuation begins. Lieut.. Kurtz
up plane. Japs s land light tanks Al Apart.
Squadron commander Major Gibbs fails
to return from mission. u. S. forces Zee
from Clark Field to Mindanao.
CHAPTER vi: Navigator Harry
echreiber tells of a fight with Zeros In
which Shorty Wheless takes part. He
lands In q 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
over CIV radio. II was from Schaetzel
saying he'd be in after dark with one
body aboard. Schaetxel gets in. his plane
= wreck. Gen. Brereton lands on the
field and the boys are summoned 70 .
meeting.
CHAPTER VIII: U. s. fliers arrive at
the Dutch field. and shortly after start
on t eight St Tor poya9 M IN ta the cae Sos
Gas up and take on at midnight for
Davao, but fail to make target On third
trip over, Kurtx sees tremendous concen.
tTstion sti o. anips; makes aRe bomb .ra run; Jap
CHAPTER TX: Bombardier says they
had caught Jsps aat-footed. At Maians
Field boys are briefed before dawn.
NE. of Borneo. They take Oh. but hit
. frtghtful fog. Cannot see plane right
ahead Coming out Of fog they see .
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
fast Tries to make Malang Field on
surabaya va Field. Sets ,sa her down dow safely on on
short runway. Dutch get reinforcements
from u S.-new Z 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.. Kurtz 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 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-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.
CHAPTER XVI: Japs learn weakness
of E model Fortress, and U. S. fiiers put
In a .50-caliber machine gun. Attack a
Jap cruiser. Lieut.. Kurtz senses he Is
being watched.