| Location |
RHC |
| Item Call Number |
D 790 .B35 1992 |
| Status |
Available |
| Barcode |
13620 |
| International Standard Book Number |
- International Standard Book Number - 890966796 (softbound)
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| Language Code |
- Language code of text/sound track or separate title - eng
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| Library Of Congress Call Number |
- Classification number - D 790 .B35 1992
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| Main Entry |
- Personal name - Bartsch, William H.
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| Title Statement |
- Title - Doomed at the start :
- Remainder of title - American pursuit pilots in the Philippines, 1941-1942 /
- Statement of responsibility, etc. - William H. Bartsch ; foreword by Herbert Ellis
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| Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint) |
- Place of publication, distribution, etc. - College Station, TX :
- Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - Texas A&M University Press,
- Date of publication, distribution, etc. - c1992.
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| Physical Description |
- Extent - xxi, 503 p. :
- Other physical details - ill.,
- Dimensions - 23 x 16 cm.
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| Content Type |
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| Media Type |
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| Carrier Type |
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| Summary, Etc. |
- Summary, etc. - 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 against superior Japanese aircraft and pilots. Most planes and installations were lost in the first days of the war, and the planeless pilots and crew had to serve as infantry on Bataan, while the last P-40 fighters were hoarded for almost suicidal missions to attack the Japanese when possible.
Bartsch interviewed or contacted almost all surviving pilots at that time, and unearthed much historical (and photographic) material, resulting in a readable and definitive account. - Prof. Ricardo T. Jose
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| Language Note |
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| Subject Topical Term |
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - United States. Army. Air Corps. Pursuit Group, 24th
- General subdivision - History.
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
- General subdivision - Aerial operations, American.
- 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 - Regimental histories
- Geographic subdivision - United States.
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| Index Termuncontrolled |
- Uncontrolled term - Bataan
- Uncontrolled term - Clark Field
- Uncontrolled term - Far East Air Force
- Uncontrolled term - Nichols field
- Uncontrolled term - P-35 fighter
- Uncontrolled term - P-40 fighter
- Uncontrolled term - Philippine defense campaign
- Uncontrolled term - pursuit squadrons
- Uncontrolled term - US fighter operations in the Philippines - 1941-1942
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| Series Uniform Title |
- Uniform title - Texas A&M University military history series
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