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Kaga (Japanese carrier), 46, 352 Kai-shek, Chiang, 30, 33-34, 41, 54; Chinese Air Force and, 35-40, 41, 58, 59, 62; Communists and* 84-85; guerrillas of, 85; Russians and, 85-86, 91 Kai-shek, Chiang, Madame, 30 Kalima, (navigator), 326 Kanoya. Air Corps, 43 Kavieng, 18, 282 Keator* Randall B., 152,191 Keats Airdrome, 284 Kenney, George, 328 Kimmel, Admiral, 121-22 Kimura, Chief Petty Officer, 101 King, Carl, 317 Kinninmont (pilot), 259, 260 Kisarazu Air Corps, 44
Kittyhawk (P-40E), 146, 149
150, 153, 159, 167, 230, 232, 234, 236-37 Koepang, 287 Kondo, Admiral, 335 Kota Bahru, 146 Kowloon, 145 Kra Isthmus, 145 Krell, Walter A., 313, 319, 324, 326-27, 329, 330, 331-32, 333 Kuangte Air Field, 55 Kuching, 277
Kunming, 193, 231, 236, 247 Kwangsi Province, 33 Kwangtung Province, 33 Kweilen, 230, 231, 235, 247
Lae, 323-24, 326, 329, 330, 332 Lanchow, 93 Landon (pilot), 326 Landon, Truman H., 142 Langley, USS, xiii, 288 Lawlor, Frank, 206 LB-30 (Consolidated), 277, 286 Leland, Gordon, 231 Leland, James, xii Lexington, USS, 106, 335 Liberators (LB-30), 277, 286 Little, Bob, 215 Livesey (pilot), 269 Lockard, Joe, 110, 123-26 Lockheed (aircraft), 252; Hudson bombers, 252, 275, 283 Lorengau, 282
Lowery, Herman F., 295, 296, 323-24 Loyalists (Spain), 4-12 Lunde, Captain, 191 Luzon, 145, 146, 148, 160, 185
McAneny, Pilot Officer, 272 MacArthur, Douglas, 157-59, 160, 182, 188, 191, 294 McCloy, R. C., 118 McDonald, William, 30 McGarry, BUI, 215 McKenny (pilot), 267 McMillan, George, 203 Madang, 282 Madioen, 286 Magruder, John, 196 Majors, Lieutenant, 187 Malaya, 275, 277, 280, 285 Manchuria, 35, 37, 93-94
Manila, 149
Marauder (B-26), 312-33, 334352
Marco Polo Bridge, 33, 39 Marine Corps, United States,
299, 307, 309, 311, 337 Martin (aircraft), 75; B-10, 59, 78, 253, 277; B-26 (Marauder), 312-33, 334-52; Model 139, 59, 69, 78 Martin, Neil G., 203 Maryland, USS, 106 Mayes, Herbert C., 337 Melo, F., 345-48, 349 Menado Bay, 285 Me-109 (Messerschmitt), 11,
277
Messerschmitt (aircraft), 11, 80;
Me-109, 11, 277 Midway, Battle of, 334-52 Midway Island, 334-52 Milligan, Boatswain’s Mate, 126 Mindanao, 294-95, 298 Mitchel, Don, 325 Mitchell (B-25), xiii, 230, 231, 232, 234, 250, 295, 296, 297298, 320, 334 Mitchell, Billy, 35 Mitsubishi (aircraft), 28, 29, 45, 73-74, 101; Type 96 (Claude) fighters, 96, 259; Type 96 (Nell), 43-44, 149; Type 97 (Kate), 92, 99; Type 99 (Val),
93, 99, 107, 130; Zero, 18, 21, 95-102, 130, 150-53, 155, 159, 160, 258-60, 261-74, 275, 285288, 305-7, 310, 313, 336-51 MKI (Spitfire), 80 Model 139 (Martin), 59, 69, 78 Model 399 (Brewster), 251-52,
253, 258-61, 266, 268, 269, 273, 277, 289, 336 Model £2 (Northrup), 42, 59, 77
Mohawk (P-36), 80, 138, 139, 277, 291-93 Montefiore (pilot), 268 Moore, Joseph H., 152, 182 Moore, Larry, 208 Moore, Malcolm A., 140 Moore, W. W., 350 Mori, Juzo, 131, 133 Momingstar, Joe, 326 Mosca (aircraft), 8-9
Mow, P. T., 196 Munoz, Luis, 5-7 Murata, Shigeharu, 130 Muri, James P., 337, 339, 342343, 348-50 Mussolini, Bruno, 7-10, 90 Myitkyina, 241
Nagumo, Chuichi, 116, 128, 335 Najoi, Tsuyoshi, 131 Nango, Lieutenant, 48, 53 Nanking, 25, 28-29, 44-47, 48, 53, 56, 58, 83 Nationalists, 5-12, 85, 86 Nauru Island, 145 Navy, United States, 157, 299;
Battle of Midway and, 334-52 Neal, Bob, 210, 211, 269 Necrason, Conrad F., 285-86 Netherlands East Indies, 280, 284, 286, 292 Nevada, USS, 106 New Britain, 18, 282, 283, 303 New Caledonia, 300 New Guinea, 18, 23, 280, 283, 284, 303-33 New Ireland, 18, 186 Newkirk, Jack, 201, 207, 215 New Zealand Fighter Squadron, 271 274 Nichols Field, 181, 186, 296 Nieuport (aircraft), 11 19th Flying Squadron (USAAF), 326
Nishizawa, Hiroyoshi, 324 Nitta, Commander, 46 Nomura, Lieutenant, 48 Northrup (aircraft), 42, 53; Model 2E, 42, 59, 77; XA-13, 59, 77 Norton, Pat, 332-33
Oahu, 106, 108, 110 Oakden (pilot), 271 Obert, David L., 186-92 Ocean Island, 145 O’Donnell (pilot), 326 Oglala, USS, 106 Okamura, Commander, 48 Oklahoma, USS, 106 Okumiya, Masatake, 18, 41, 46, 55-56, 95, 100, 101-2, 110, 113, 128 Old, Don, 225
Older, Charles, 205, 215 Old 1391 (aircraft), 351, 352 Olson, Arvid, Jr., 201, 204 Ota, Tishio, 324
Paige, Charles, 187 Patani, 145
PBY Catalina (flying boats), 157, 252, 282, 336 Pearl Harbor, 14, 18, 105-27, 128-42, 148 Peck, James L. H., 13 Pecos (tanker), xiii Pennsylvania, USS, 106 Petack, John, 242-43 Petrel, HMS, 145 J P-40 (Curtiss), xiii, 19 P-40B (Curtiss), 77, 136, 138, 141, 146, 151, 160, 197-204, 212, 230, 232, 234, 236-37, 277, 287-88, 292 P-40E (Curtiss), 146, 149-50, 153, 159, 167, 230, 232, 234, 236-37 P-40K (Curtiss), 247, 250 P-43 (aircraft), xiii P^00 (Bell), 299-311 Philippines, 18, 20, 145-80, 181— 192, 280 Point (island), 52 P-43 Lancer (aircraft), 230 Port Darwin, 276, 282, 284, 287, 295, 298 Port Moresby, 317 P-66 (aircraft), xiv P-35 (Seversky), 146, 151, 152, 160, 167 P-39 (Bell), 299, 300, 305 P-36 (Curtiss), 80, 138, 140, 277, 292-93 P-12 (Boeing), 78, 146, 160
Rabaul, 18, 281, 282, 313, 322 Raleigh, USS, 106 Randolph, Captain, 191 Rangoon, 207-8, 219, 276 Rasmussen, Philip M., 140 Rata (aircraft), 5 Rauls, David G., 141 Rector, Ed, 242 Red Wings (Esquadrilla Alas Rojas), 8, 11 Reed, Bill, 215, 269 Reyes, Colonel de los, 8
Richards, Robert H., 142 Richardson, John, 320, 321, 322 Robinson, Pat, 288, 324 Rogers, Robert J., 136 Role of Pursuit Aviation, The (Chennault), 37 Romeo (Fiat), 7, 8 Roosevelt, Franklin DM 194, 329 Royal, Leonard, 59 Royal Aircraft Establishment, 80 Royal Air Force (RAF), 193»
203, 204, 251-73, 276 Royal Australian Air Fore© (HAAF), 282, 284 Royce, Ralph, 295, 298
Sakai, Saburo, 21-22, 88-89, 90,
95, 155, 323-26 Sakamoto, Akira, 107,128-30 Salamaua, 282, 329 Sanbawang airfield, 256 Samurai code (Bushido), 22 Sandell, Sandy, 199, 202 Sanders* Lewis M., 140 Sanger, Ken, 208 Saratoga, USS, 335 Sartz, Jakey, 224 Sasai, Junichi, 324 Sawyer, Charles, 242 SBD (Douglas), 277, 351-52 SB-3 (aircraft), 89 SB2U (Vought), 336, 351 Scarom, General, 37-38, 69 Schiel, Franks 199, 242 Scott, Robert L.. Jr., 222, 225, 229, 230-31, 237-50 Seagoe, Jeff, 263 Seawitch, USS, 288 Second Combined Air Flotilla (Japanese), 48, 55 Seven Mile Drome, 313-33 17th Pursuit Squadron (USAAF) s 146, 150, 167 7th Bombardment Group, Tenth Air Force (USAAF), 217, 218 7th Bomb Group (USAAF), xii 75M (Curtiss), 62, 79 Seversky P-35 (aircraft), 146,
151, 152, 160, 167 Sexton, Bob, 226 SF-2 (Grumman), 78 Shanghai, 41-42, 46, 52, 145 Shansi Province, 34, 57 Sharp, Brigadier General, 187188, 189
Shensi Province, 34 Sheppard, William A., 182 Shields, R. S., 260 Shimazaki, Shigekazu, 130-31 Shindo, Saburo, 97, 131 Shoho (Japanese carrier), 335 Shrader, Carl W., xi-xii Shuangkin airfield, 109 Silva, Louis T., 285 Singapore, 18, 146 65th Materiel Squadron (USAAF), 304 69th Squadron, 38th Bomb Group (USAAF), 337 67th Fighter Squadron (USAAF), 299-311 67th Squadron (RAF), 272 Soerabaja, 286 Solomon Islands, 18 Soryu (Japanese carrier), 352 Sovoia-Marchetti (aircraft), 69 Spartan (aircraft), 77; Executive, 77-78 Spiker, Bill, 314
Spitfire (aircraft), 80, 276-77;
MKI 80 Sterling, Gordon H., Jr., 140 Stilwell, General, 226 Stone, Earl, 189 Strategic Bombing Survey, 155 Strauss, Lieutenant, 185 Stubblefield, Norton G., xii Suitsu (pilot), 325 Sumatra, 275, 277, 280, 285 Sutherland, Richard K., 157,158 Szechwan Province, 54, 83, 100
Taipingssu airfield, 100, 101 Takahashi, Kakuichi, 107,129 Tanaka, Lieutenant, 47 Tataru (gunboat), 145 Taylor, Kenneth A, 136-39 TBF (Grumman), 336-52 Tennessee, USS, 106 Tenth Air Force (USAAF), 217-* 227
Thacker, John M„ 140,141-42 3rd Bomb Group (USAAF), 323, 324-25 3rd Covering Fighter Squadron (Japanese), 134 3rd Pursuit Squadron (USAAF), 146, 148, 149-50, 151 13th Squadron, 3rd Bomb Group (USAAF), 323 30th Bombardment Squadron (USAAF), 149 38th Bomb Group (USAAF), 334, 337 38th Reconnaissance Squadron (USAAF), 142 35th Fighter Squadron (USAAF), 305 34th Pursuit Squadron (USAAF), 146, 150, 167 33rd Flying Squadron (USAAF), 326
341st Bomb Group (USAAF), xii
“Three Men on a Flying Trapeze” (aerobatic act), 37 Thunderbolt (aircraft), 22 Tien Ho airfield, 232 Timor, 280, 285
Tomahawk (P-40B), 77, 136, 138, 141, 146, 151, 160, 197
204, 212, 230, 232, 234, 236237, 277, 287-88, 292 Tone (c
ruiser), 118 Tuguegarao, 149
20th Bomb Squadron (USAAF), xiv
20th Pursuit Squadron (USAAF), 146, 150, 151 28th Bombardment Squadron (USAAF), 150 28-90B (Bellanca), 77 21st Pursuit Squadron (USAAF), 146, 151 21st Squadron (RAF), 258, 262, 267
22nd Bombardment Group (USAAF), 312-33, 334-52 22nd Bomb Group (USAAF), x 27th Bombardment Group (Dutch), 280 23rd Air Flotilla (Japanese), 154 23rd Fighter Group (China), 232-33, 242 Tyler, Kermit A., 125 Type 99 Val (Mitsubishi), 93, 99, 107, 130 Type 97 Kate (Mitsubishi), 92, 99
Type 96 Claude (Mitsubishi),
96, 259
Type 96 Nell (Mitsubishi), 4344, 149
Umebayashi, Lieutenant, 46 Utah, USS, 106
Vanderfield (pilot), 269 V11GB (Vultee), 59, 75, 77 Vestal (repair ship), 106 Vigors (pilot), 269 Vildebeeste (aircraft), 253, 275, 277
Villamor, Jesus, 183, 184, 190 Vindicator (SB2U), 336, 351 Vought (aircraft), 336; SB2U (Vindicator), 336, 351 V12C (Vultee), 77 V12D (Vultee), 77 Vultee (aircraft), 75; V11GB, 59, 75, 77; V12C, 77; V12D, 77
Wagner, Boyd (Buzz), 184-85, 305-6 Wake (gunboat), 145 Wake Island, 18, 145 Walker, Herbert M. C. (Tommy), 63-76 Warhawk (P-40K), 247, 250 Wasp, USS, 335 Watanabe, Y., 128 Watson, Lieutenant, 337 Webster, John J., 136 Weigel, George, 61-62 Welch, George S., 136-39 Wendt, Dutch, 67-68 West Virginia, USS, 106 Wheeler Field, 113 White, A. M., 191, 262, 268 Whiteman, George A., 141 Wilcox, Lieutenant, 187 Wildcat (F4F), 300, 307, 309310, 336-37 Williams, Luke, 30, 267-68 Wirraways (aircraft), 282, 283 Woolery, Lieutenant, 188-89 Woosung, 52
XA-13 (Northrup), 59, 77 XP-925A (Boeing), 78
Yamamoto, Isoroku, 166, 334-35 Yamanouchi, Ensign, 46 Yamashita, Koshiro, 98 Yamoto (Japanese battleship), 335
Yokoyama, Tomatsu, 97 Yorktown, USS, 335, 352 Yunnan Province, 33 j
Zeamer, Jay, 317 Zero (Mitsubishi), 18, 21, 95102, 130, 150-53, 155, 159,
160, 258-60, 261-74, 275, 285288, 305-7, 310, 313, 336-51,
Zuiho (Japanese carrier), 335
About The Author
Martin Caidin, a prolific and versatile writer with more than eighty books to his credit, is also a commercial and military pilot, a stunt flyer, parachutist and a recognized authority in the field of aviation and astronautics. From 1950 to 1954 Martin Caidin served as nuclear warfare specialist for the state of New York. He analyzed the effects of nuclear and other weapons on potential targets in the United States. As a commercial multi-engine pilot, Mr. Caidin flies his own plane all over the country. He has flown two-engine and four-engine bombers in Europe. For a time he flew his own World War II Messerschmitt in Europe and the United States. Martin Caidin’s first novel, Marooned, a thrilling account of a space rescue, became a major motion picture, and Devil Take All, No Man’s World and Almost Midnight were all bought for films. Cyborg, published in 1972, is now the highly popular ABC-TV series “The Six Millon Dollar Man.” Mr. Caidin is the author of an impressive list of authoritative books on military air history. Many of them, including Samurai!, Zero! and The Ragged, Rugged Warriors, are considered classics in their field. Martin Caidin is a charter member of the Aviation Hall of Fame, a Fellow of the British Interplanetary Society and a founder of the American Astronautical Society. Although he and his wife, Isobel, live within sight of the launching towers at Cape Kennedy, Martin Caidin is giving much of his attention these days to the problems we have fashioned for ourselves with nuclear weapons. His most recent books are Aquarius Mission and Wing born.