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Queens Die Up Roughly by Air
Lieut Col Frank Kurtz recalls the fatal day in the Philippines when eight men died fleeing to shelter as Old 99 and fortresses were destroyed. Surviving crew reach Australia then fly to Java for missions over the Philippines and Makassar Strait. Sergeant Boone describes the scene from eyewitness accounts as Jap carriers menace the sea and bombard a Dutch town. A bomb hits the kitchen and another strikes the beer supplies.
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Frank Kurtz
Philippines
Australia
Java
Macassar Strait
Sergt. Boone
Java Sea
Frank
Formosa
Timor
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