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- Thu May 06, 2010 8:00 pm
- Forum: Books, Video & Other Media
- Topic: Upcoming Book on Salamaua Campaign
- Replies: 0
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Upcoming Book on Salamaua Campaign
To Salamaua Phillip Bradley Cambridge University Press Series: Australian Army History Series Hardback (ISBN-13: 9780521763905) $55.00 September 2010 Release "Following on from his acclaimed book, The Battle for Wau , Phillip Bradley turns his attention to the Salamaua campaign - the first of the N...
- Wed May 05, 2010 12:51 pm
- Forum: Wrecks & Losses
- Topic: Pilot (USN) Details Wanted
- Replies: 5
- Views: 6947
Re: Pilot (USN) Details Wanted
Dean, The loss of Catalina A24-9 is covered in Robert Piper's book Great Air Escapes (Pagemasters 1991) under the chapter "Sole Survivor" [pages 7-13]. Regarding George Leland Hutchinson, Piper notes that prior to his demise he participated in two other RAAF Catalina missions: a long distance raid o...
- Tue Dec 01, 2009 11:39 pm
- Forum: Wrecks & Losses
- Topic: Need Plane Serial Number On P-400
- Replies: 19
- Views: 30532
Re: Need Plane Serial Number On P-400
Hi Mike, Richard & Gordy, The 6th Sqdn C-47 in that photo is "Swamp Rat II" http://www.pacificwrecks.com/aircraft/c-47/41-38678.html The aviation artist William S. Phillips made a painting of the scene of Ted Park's Airacobra escorting "Swamp Rat II" http://www.pacificwrecks.com/people/veterans/park...
- Sat Sep 12, 2009 7:30 pm
- Forum: Wrecks & Losses
- Topic: Japanese ship sunk or damaged?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3011
Re: Japanese ship sunk or damaged?
Sunk ın March 1944. Don' have name at the moment
Edward
Edward
- Fri May 25, 2007 11:22 am
- Forum: Wrecks & Losses
- Topic: IJN airplane Losses-9 April 1942 ?
- Replies: 2
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PF Asked "Did the IJN planes report any losses of shot down/badly damaged?" There were apparently no losses. See the page on the Sanuki Maru at the Combined Fleet website. "9-10 April 1942: SANUKI MARU and light cruiser YURA cover the landings on Cebu with DesDiv 2's SAMIDARE and MURASAME. Lt (j.g.)...
- Tue Sep 19, 2006 2:45 pm
- Forum: Wrecks & Losses
- Topic: History of 22nd Bomb Group Published
- Replies: 0
- Views: 4069
History of 22nd Bomb Group Published
The long-awaited history of the 22nd Bombardment Group in WWII, Revenge of the Red Raiders , has been published and is now available from International Research and Publishing. It is the second volume in the series "Eagles Over the Pacific" and follows the acclaimed history of the 345th BG - Warpath...
- Mon Apr 17, 2006 11:55 am
- Forum: Prisoners Of War (POW)
- Topic: 93 y.o. Japanese Soldier Found Alive in the Ukraine!?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 24496