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Main Authors:	Curran, James C. 1921-2012 (Author), Popravak, Terrence G. Jr (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Philadelphia ; Oxford Casemate 2015
Subjects:	Curran, James C. > 1921-2012 United States > Army Air Forces > Fighter Squadron, 460th World War, 1939-1945 > Aerial operations, American World War, 1939-1945 > Personal narratives, American World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Pacific Area Fighter pilots > United States > Biography Thunderbolt (Fighter plane) Luftwaffe Luftkrieg Zweiter Weltkrieg Kampfflieger Pazifischer Ozean USA Erlebnisbericht
Links:	http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=030776607&sequence=000002&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA
Item Description:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 328-334)
Physical Description:	334 Seiten, 16 ungezählte Seiten Bildtafeln Illustrationen, Karten, Portraits
ISBN:	9781612002996

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adam_text	CONTENTS Dedication 7 Foreword 9 Preface 12 Acknowledgments 13 Introduction 17 PART ONE- ---GETTING TO THE WAR 19 1 The War Begins 21 2 Pilot Training 28 3 The Long Journey to the Pacific 41 PART TWO ---WAR IN THE PACIFIC 53 4 Into the Fight 55 5 R R in Australia 90 6 Fighting Westward 96 7 Wakde 120 8 With the Black Rams 144 9 Leyte 168 10 Into December 198 11 Tanauan 226 12 San Marcelino 249 PART THREE ---PACIFIC AFTERMATH 269 13 Getting Home 271 14 Home from the War 281 15 Flying Again 285 Epilogue 294 APPENDIX 1: USAAFPilot s Issue Flying Gear 298 APPENDIX 2: Pidgin English Phrases used in SWPA 299 APPENDIX 3: Credit for Destruction of Enemy Aircraft, 25 October 1943 301 APPENDIX 4: 348th Fighter Group Air Combat Intelligence Report, 2 February 1944 302 APPENDIX 5: 341st Fighter Squadron Statistical Data for May 1944 304 APPENDIX 6: Notes from Charles Lindbergh Lecture on P-47 Operations 306 APPENDIX 7: 460th Fighter Squadron Monthly “A” to “L” Report for November 1944 309 APPENDIX 8: Unit Narrative Combat Report, 10 December 1944 311 APPENDIX 9: Press Release by Fifth Air Force to All Correspondents, circa May 1945 313 APPENDIX 10: Awards and Decorations of James C. Curran 314 APPENDIX 11: A Brief History of the 460th Fighter Squadron 317 APPENDIX 12: 460th Fighter Squadron Combat Losses in World War II 323 Glossary 327 Bibliography 328
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