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Doomed at the start : American pursuit pilots in the Philippines, 1941-1942 / William H. Bartsch ; foreword by Herbert Ellis

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…

Tags: Bataan, Clark Field, Far East Air Force, Nichols field, P-35 fighter, P-40 fighter, Philippine defense campaign, pursuit squadrons, US fighter operations in the Philippines - 1941-1942

Bataan : only the beginning : true story of an American soldier imprisoned by the Imperial Japanese Army / by Earl R. Oatman

Personal account by an enlisted fighter pilot of the 34th Pursuit Squadron, who arrived in the Philippines on November 22, 1941. The squadron was assigned to Del Carmen field in Pampanga, and was equipped with old P-35 fighters. All the fighters were…

Tags: 34th Pursuit Squadron, aerial operations, Bataan, Death March, Del Carmen field, Fassoth’s camp, forced labor, hell ships, P-35 fighter, personal account – American, Philippine defense campaign, POW account, POW escape

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