The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-06-29
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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
crew In the tremendous air campaign
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 s to the wreck ms Of pe Old g. % nds eight
Of his crew lying in an irregular line.
CHAPTER II: Lieut.. Kurtz tells how
orders to camoufage Old 80 were coun..
bombs. Then he was ordered to jerk the
bombs. reload with cameras and rush
the camoufage. Preparations made for
taking pictures OF Formosa. Someone
ton" The navy for formation'' happens to
be flight OF Jap planes.
CHAPTER III: Bombs hit the mess
hall The Japs move of. They hear
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
group is Colin Kelly. about to head out
on his first mission. Buzz Wagner 10
chased by Japs in his P-4o. He meets
Lieut.: Russ Church and they bomb .
death Of Colin Kelly.
CHAPTER v: Fortresses are kept in
the air to save them from the Japs.
through some mistake AXE, someone opens opens
the place. No longer safe to sleep in the
barracks. cots are moved into corn
feld. With no fighters left to defend
% Sp plane az 1 J!ps sls lsnd sSs Sti tanks !. ApsH
Squadron commander Major Gibbs fails
% return from mission. u. s. forces nss
from Clark Field to Mindanao.
sehreiber tells Of 6eht with zeros Il
which Shorty Wheless takes part. He
lands IN . rice paddy and II surrounded
by Filipinos. The crew buys an outrigger
they take on for Australia.
CHAPTER VII: Lieut.. Kurtx takes up
the story again. He describes the hot.
dry Christmas day In Australia. and how
over CIV rsdio. Il was from Schastzei
Saying he'd be In after dark with one
body aboard. schssszel gets in. his plane
2 wreck. Gen. Bfereton lands On the
meeting.
CHAPTER WIZ: y. 3. niers arrive at
The Dutch field. and shortly after start
on flight for Davao. IN the Philippines.
Gas C ~ up and: ana take Il Oh 1p q midnight nI ; Tor
Oavao, but fail to make target On third
trip over, Kurtx sees tremendous concen-
ration OF ships. makes bomb run. Jap
lighters come up. Bombs awayi
CHAPTER N: Bomb.rdier savs thew
had caught Jape dat-fcoted. At Malang
Field boys are briefed before dawn.
told about big concentration Of Jap ships
. frightful fog. Cannot see plane right
ahead. Coming out Of fog they see .
huge black cloud resembling tornado. It
was the Dutch burning their Borneo oil.
CHAPTER X: One Of Kurtx' motors Il
hit as they approach target He makes
direct hit on cruiser. Losing altitude
fast. Tries to make Malang Field on
Java, but changes mind and heads for
sSors 1Snway Dutch set set
from U. S.-new model Forts.
CHAPTER N: Bombardler tells oa
hazardous trip to Brazil when running
w Hn fa picks ana ap e 4. 'ssolsss& soly & U~
model rortresses 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 q dive and crashes into sea.
CHAPTER XIII: A Jap transport hit
by u. S. bomb. goes up in confetti Lieut..
Kurtz. now in Batavia, gets word that
P-40s 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 IL
gunner. tells how Queens die.
CHAPTER XIV: Java sea now full Of
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. fliers put
In a .50-caliber machine gun. Attack q
Jap cruiser. Lieut.. Kurtz senses he is
being watched.
(Chapter 16 Continued)
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