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Dr. Ronnie Day's final work, New Georgia: The Second Battle for the Solomons will be published by Indiana University Press in March 2016. He passed away on December 22, 2014 in his hometown of Johnson City, Tennessee. He was 75. He had been on the faculty of the History Department of East Tennessee ...

Cap asked, "What is the exact title of the Black Cats book you mention? Many years ago I saw an ad for a book about the black cat planes of WWII. I did not record the title and have been unable to locate it since." There are at least three books on US Navy Catalina Squadrons which include "Black Cat...

Hi Paul, I just came across your post. Congratulations on meeting and interviewing Col. Glenn Sorensen. The name of the 5th BG pilot was Capt. Jay P. Thomas. I have been collecting as much information as I can on the heavy bomber missions of 1, 13 & 14 February 1943 against Japanese shipping at the ...

JungleSkippers.jpg Among Heroes: Tales of the Jungle Skippers By Philip Brinson Paperback, 447 Pages January 20, 2012 Price: $29.95 "Formed just two months after Pearl Harbor and rushed to the Pacific by General MacArthur, the 317th Troop Carrier Group entered combat at Wau, New Guinea just one wee...

Available as a free pdf download from the Air Power Development Centre website. Winner of the 2012 RAAF Heritage Award Joys and Dangers of an Aviation Pilot By Leigh Hindley (August 2013) ISBN 13: 9781920800802 Price: $20.00 (for hard copy) "From humble beginnings in Goulburn, New South Wales, Leigh...

The news reports about the return of Staff Sergeant Robert Greebull's ring to his wife apparently misspelled his name. "Betty McAleenan, 94, gave her husband Staff Sgt. Robert Greebull of the Wyoming Air National Guard her class ring to take with him as a good luck charm" http://www.nydailynews.com/...

The Aviation Historian http://theaviationhistorian.com/index.htm Contents of Issue No 1 132 pages Messerschpitts at Five O'Clock! Yellow noses, crosses, swastikas . . . but not on Bf 109s. Nick Stroud looks back at a surprise airshow act The Tragedy of Flight Three Michael O'Leary investigates the ...

We Were WMMS: The War Of The Airwaves (Don A Brown, Ainslie, ACT 1992) Don Brown "Most of them didn't know exactly what they were getting into when they paraded for the first time at Melbourne's exhibition building. But these RAAF recruits were destined to be among a vital, mainly unsung, part of A...

Tom, Congratulations on your research. I hope that someone here at the forum will be able to provide you with some information on the mission and the exact location of the wreck. You may want to see a copy of book . Using Google book search I see that the USS Copahee is mentioned but not Menakasapa....

My Brother Vivian . . . and the Christian Martyrs of Papua New Guinea (West Pennant Hills, N.S.W. - Dec 2012) Patrick Redlich paperback 172 pages, facsims., maps, ports. $25 Australian dollars / £16 A NEW book explores the incredible story of a Little Bowden missionary who was murdered by tribesmen...

Hi Rich, There is no single good source on Port Moresby during the February - July 1942 period (or the Battle of the Coral sea) though at least two authors are preparing some excellent research on this period. David Vincent's recent book, The RAAF Hudson Story Book Two is a great reference on Port M...

HI Richard, The men of the U.S. 101st Coast Artillery with their .50 cailber machine guns arrived at Port Moresby on 3 May 1942 to bolster the AA defenses. Prior to that airfield defense was limited to the .30 caliber Lewis guns of the Australian Army (which did manage to shoot down two Japanese Zer...

Hello Arthur, The 93rd Seabees Battalion has an excellent website including an article (book?) GREEN ISLAND IN WORLD WAR II 1944: BASE No.7 BLACK CAT PBY CATALINAS And PT BOAT TEAMS by Milton W. Bush, Jr., Esq., 205 Tri-Mountain Road, Durham, CT 06422: 860-349-1418 http://www.seabees93.net/GI%20Gree...

Welcome Alain,

You have come to right place.

We welcome your questions and contributions.

Edward

Mark your calenders! Hell's Battlefield": The Australians in New Guinea in World War II by Phillip Bradley The first single volume history to cover all the battles fought by the Australians against the Japanese in Papua New Guinea. Publisher's Description Hell's Battlefield is the first book that te...