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Remembering Old 99 and the Java mission’s near disaster
Lieut Col Frank Kurtz recalls a perilous December-January flight over the Pacific to Java. Engine trouble, dense weather, and a low gas supply force a split mission as Jim Connally’s group presses on to strike ships while Kurtz fights to save his crippled Fortress. After a narrow emergency landing at Surabaya and a cautious return to Malang, the squad learns new Fortresses bring improved guns and new dangers from enemy blueprints.
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Frank Kurtz
Flying Fortress
Philippines
Hurts
Australia
Java
Davte
Malang Field
Borneo
Jim
Harris
Frank
PDI
Jim Connally
Walt Seamon
Java Sea
Surabaya
Malang
Surabaya Field
Colonel Eubank
Kendart
Samarinda
Far East
Tih
Air Corps
Muroc Lake
Africa
Asia
Tampa Field
Charles T. Reeves
Rowland A. Boone
Pearl Harbor
Tid
Hamilton Field
California
Boeing
Pacific
Manila
Hawaii
Sacramento
States
Sid
Brazil
Duane Skiles
Atlantic
Belem