| Location |
RHC |
| Item Call Number |
D 767.4 M583 1990 |
| Status |
Available |
| Barcode |
18017 |
| Library Of Congress Call Number |
- Classification number - D 767.4
- Item number - M583 1990
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| Main Entry |
- Personal name - Mitchell, John H.
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| Title Statement |
- Title - In alis vicimus :
- Remainder of title - on wings we conquer /
- Statement of responsibility, etc - by John H. Mitchell.
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| Varying Form Of Title |
- Title proper/short title - Outward bound 1941 :
- Remainder of title - on wings we conquer
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| Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint) |
- Place of publication, distribution, etc - Springfield, MO :
- Name of publisher, distributor, etc - G.E.M. Publishers,
- Date of publication, distribution, etc - c1990.
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| Physical Description |
- Extent - 201 pages :
- Other physical details - illustrations ;
- Dimensions - 24 cm.
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| General Note |
- General note - Includes appendices and index.
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| Formatted Contents Note |
- Formatted contents note - In Alis Vicimus--On Wings We Conquer -- Squadrons of the 19th Group--The Forgotten Fourteenth -- The Gypsy 93rd -- The Tenacious 28th -- The Dirty Thirtieth -- The War Clouds Gather -- The First Day at Clark -- Actions on 9 December -- The First Bombing Mission of the Army Air Corps In WWII -- The Legaspi Mission -- Withdrawal to Australia -- Mission of 22 December -- A Mission for Christmas -- Mindanao--A Forgotten War -- The Air War in Java--January-March 1942. -- Hit High, Fast and Once -- The Rescue Plane that Never Came -- The Flying Dutchmen--Last plane from Java -- Operations Down Under. Recuperation and Rebuilding -- The 435th Arrives -- The Kangaroo 435th -- The MacArthur Evacuation -- The Royce Mission -- Final Curtain for the Philippines -- The Japanese Roll On -- Rabaul -- Missions--Australia to Seven Mile, To Rabaul -- Tragic Losses -- Fred Eaton's Swamp Ghost -- A B-17 Pilot With The 435th Squadron -- Courage is the Honor--The Harl Pease Story -- Lest We Forget -- Rabaul--And the Japanese Palace of Pleasure -- Death Cheated Twice -- An unlucky pair of Jacks -- Saga of the Swoose -- Suzy Q--The Flyingest B-17 Of Them All -- A Footnote To History--The Second Harl Pease Targedy -- The Phantom P-40 -- Relief From Combat--The Torch Is Passed -- Apprendix A. "A-1" Through "A-19", Aircraft serial numbers, crew lists, etc. -- Appendix B. Awards, decorations and citations--Emblems, insigne, mottos -- The Gypsy 93rd
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| Summary, Etc. |
- Summary, etc - "...When World War II came along John [Mitchell] entered the U.S. Army Air Force in 1942. After a year in military training schools--six months of which was as an instructor, he was assigned to the test branch of the Air Force which was service testing the latest heavy bomber, the B-29 Superfortress. When the B-29 was committed to combat, Mitchell served overseas with the Third Photo Squadron which provided aerial photo reconnaissance for the 20th Air Force...
Discharged in 1950, Mitchell sought employment in civilian aviation and spent the following 30 years in that trade. he retired in 1980 and settled in Springfield, MO; and now he was able to devote more of his time to another attraction: writing and historical research. In addition to articles for periodicals, he has contributed to books by other authors.
Always intrigued by exploits of the 19th Bomb Group in the early phases of WWII, and noting that period had never been adequately covered by others, John began research by contacting veterans o the 19th and related units. Innumerable letters and phone calls over the years produced results that he has recorded in this book. To him it as been a labor of love--his desire is for others to derive the pleasure from reading it that he had in writing."
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| Language Note |
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| Subject Personal Name |
- Personal name - Mitchell, John H.
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| Subject Corporate Name |
- Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element - United States. Air Force.
- Subordinate unit - Bomb Group, 19th.
- Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element - United States. Air Force.
- Subordinate unit - Bomb Group, 7th.
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| Subject Topical Term |
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
- General subdivision - Campaigns
- Geographic subdivision - Philippines
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
- General subdivision - Aerial operations, American.
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