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Well-researched and well-written account of the American fighter (then called pursuit) pilots in the defense of the Philippines.

Armed with some of the latest (and some of the older) fighters the US had, these pilots flew a one-sided battle…

A thoroughly researched account of the events which led to, and which occurred on December 8, 1941, climaxing in the virtually unopposed Japanese attack on Clark Field, and the destruction of the majority of MacArthur’s bombed force.

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Saga of the US Army Air Force in the Philippines and immediate surroundings, including the Netherlands East Indies and Australia, during the first six months of war in the Pacific.

The first half of the book deals with the 12th-hour reinforcement…

Lt. Gen. Brereton was the commander of the Far East Air Force in the Philippines in 1941, a major part of the US Army Forces in the Far East (USAFFE). He arrived to command the newly created air command, which was rapidly expanding in the months…

Chalek was a pilot in the 2nd Observation Squadron, Far East Air Force, based in Nichols Field, when the war started. He describes flying reconnaissance missions in the early days of the war, and the difficulties encountered; he was in Bataan during…