Java Front Diary Of Aerial Conflicts And Dutch Allied Tactics
The narrator recalls dramatic air battles as Japanese bombs strike a ship and Allied P-40s from Australia arrive to reinforce Java operations. Bud Sprague and Buzz Wagner are described, along with Dutch fighters, camouflage on Gnoro Field, and a warning to avoid Zero tails. The piece ends with anticipation of new Japanese threats from Borneo and the Celebes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Kurtz
Australia
Kupang
Timor Island
Gnoro
Bud Sprague
Philippines
Buzz Wagner
Buzz
Java
Bud
Hooey
Sumatra
Malaya
Andir
Kendari
Samarinda
Java Sea
Borneo
Celebes
Surabaya Airfield Bombing and Dutch Defenders in Java
Recollections from Surabaya during a Japanese raid on Java describing the KNILM field attack, the destruction at Moro Kamban, and the sinking of morale as Dutch and American forces fight back. The narrative covers Major Straubel’s death, Dutch fighter losses, PBY reconnaissance, and ten P‑40 arrivals led by Captain Connolly amid ongoing combat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malang
Surabaya
Baalerts
Moro Kambangem
Singapore
Patrol Wing 10
Java
Straubel
Brett
Surabaya Hospital
Navy
PBY Flying Boats
Australia
Timor
Baji
Will Connolly
Timor Field
Connolly
Bali
Buzz Wagner
Brisbane
Hollywood Stars and Babies Take Center Stage
Western Union reports on Franchot Tone and Pascal Franchot on the Benedict Bogeaus set as Merle Oberon Fay Bainter and Thomas Mitchell react. Elizabeth Taylor Joins Hold High the Torch while Joan Lorring lands The Corn Is Green role. Celebrities and radio stars fill press pages with marriages, contracts, and war efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franchot Tone
Hollywood
Proud Parents Association
Benedict Bogeaus
Papa Tone
Pascal Franchot
Merle Oberon
Thomas Mitchell
Fay Bainter
Pascal
Mrs. Tone
Jean Wallace
Paramount
Tones
Robert Montgomery
Navy
Tone
Jack L. Warner
Joan Lorring
Bessie
Hongkong
Trivia Questions on History and Terminology
An etude is a short musical piece focusing on technique. Blood heat refers to the body temperature raised by fever or exertion. Penguins are found in the Southern Hemisphere, especially Antarctica. James Cook reached the Hawaiian Islands in 1778. Alaska has the longest contiguous shoreline of any U S state. A native of the Aleutian Islands is called an Aleut. Cornucopia means a symbolic horn overflowing with plenty. The oldest printed book from blocks, with a foreword, says it was printed in China in 868 CE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawaiian Islands
James*Cook
Union
Aleutian Islands
China
Answers to classic trivia options
A list of various definitions and facts including a musical study of technique a normal human body temperature at 98.6 F and a location at the South Pole plus items such as 1778 Michigan aeiut and the horn of plenty described as abundance with a final odd year 868
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Pole
Michigan
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White
Beardshear
Batavia
W.N.U
KNILM
Koninklijke Nederlandsch-Indische Luchtvaart Maatschappij
Royal Dutch Indies Airplane Company
Wing 10
Cavite
Old Baalerts
America
Western Newspaper Union
Jerry Colonna
Bob Hope
Pacific
Atlantic City
Bill Johnson
Metro
Mutual
Wallace Beery
Elizabeth Taylor
Mickey Rooney
Margaret O’brien
Elizabeth
Italy
Frank Black
NBC
North Atlantic
Cecil B. DeMille
Merchant Marine
Parks Johnson
Parks
Johnson
Basil Rathbone
Sherlock Holmes
Henry Aldrich
Jones
Aldrich
Mark Twain
Don Woods
Those We Love
Warner Bros
Ina Sothern
Walter Pidgeon
Towartch
Helen Maltker
Laulette Goddard
Dorothy Lamour
Eronica Lake
Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept
W. Randolph St
Chicago
U. S
Bae
King’ stHeralds
Spat
Orscle
Santel
Portvcugle
ETRI
KSCO
Kobh Kabr
KICD
KBON
KWAT
XWLM
WLOL
WMT
Bellana
PnatuInettieniearen pAwaree
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Uray
Foster D. Snell, Inc
McKesson & Robbins, Inc
Bridgeport
Connecticut
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