Every Day a Nightmare: American Pursuit Pilots in the Defense of Java, 1941-1942

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459 INDEX Page numbers with illustrations appear in italics. Abbekerk, 281, 298; accommodations for wounded, 280; arrangements for voyage of, 421n.23; attacked by Japanese plane, 303–04, 333, 427n.49; arrives Fremantle, 383; boarding of, 280, 422–23n.44; departs Tjilatjap, 297–98; FEAF evacuees of to Northam, 333; at Fremantle, 284; munitions in hold of, 279, 298, 303; nationalities onboard, 280; provisions for safety, 280; at Tjilatjap, 279 ABDA area: expanded to include Darwin , 57, 100; extent of, 15; Java only remains of, 202; military situation of, 16, 99; positions to be held, 14; as “single natural theater,” 14 ABDACOM, 14, 55, 99; air superiority as top priority of, 14; allocation of American air reinforcements to, 17, 101; assigned strategy of, 14; and Darwin area, 57, 202; and Darwin convoy, 206; interference of with FEAF operations , 100; and Langley P-40s to Java; organizational arrangements for, 53– 54; and P-40 operating bases in NEI, 378n.73, 379n.84; proposal to establish , 14; reroutes Sea Witch to Java, 199–200; turned over to Dutch, 202 ABDAFLOAT: Hart appointed commander of, 53; Helfrich as commander , 199, 283, 284; orders Langley to Java, 199; striking force of, 99 ABDAIR, 94, 217–18; Brereton as deputy commander of, 53–54, 59, 404n.18; dissolved and renamed Java Air Command, 200, 289, 404n.18; Peirse as commander of, 54, 58, 100, 200; plan of for distribution of Sea Witch P-40Es, 433–34n.15; plan for Langley P-40Es to Tjisaoek, 102–03, 200; shifted to Bandoeng, 407n.29; van Oyen commands, 200 Abernethy, Paul, 313–15 Able, Charles, 156 Ackerman, Bill: abandons ship, 293; arrives Fremantle, 334; assigned stateroom on Polk, 30; on Langley, 291–93; in water, 315; on Pecos, 304, 313–15; picked up by Edsall, 293, 300; rescued by Whipple, 315–16, 334 460 Index Adams, George F. “Doc,” 316, 320 Adkins, Frank, 319, 418n.23, air evacuation to Australia, 320; arrives Ngoro, 216; assigned stateroom on Polk, 30; bails out over Kragan, 309, 319; in combat with Zeros, 220,272; in Darwin-Koepang flight, 163; evades capture, 319; in Kragan strafing mission , 308, 309; lands at Singosari, 220, 409n.66; at Magoewo field, 319, 320; at Ngoro, 265, 273, 278; at Pasirian, 164, 165, 166, 216; selected for PLUM, 27; to 35th Pursuit Group, 341; victory claims of, 220 Admiral Halstead, 35, 45, 45 AGWAR, 198 Agwiworld, 371n.56 AHS Manunda, 232, 233, 254 Aichi Type 99 “Val” dive bombers: attack Edsall, 431n.43; attack Pecos, 313–15, 431n.35, 431n.37, 431n.38; attacked by Oestreicher, 234–35, 337, 412n.28; ditch in Timor Sea, 337; losses of in Darwin attack, 196, 198, 412n.8 Air Defense Command, 133, 216, 273, 276, 277, 295, 297, 383n.74, 398–99n.93; American liaison team at, 216–17, 392n.42; authorizes 17th Pursuit Squadron (Provisional) evacuation, 428n.58; cooperation difficulties with KNIL-ML, 383n.74; criticisms of by pilots, 133, 140, 141, 392n.42; and Ente van Gils, 93, 392n.42; erroneous sightings by, 133, 142, 216, 336, 392n.41; and Fisher, 216–17, 240, 408n.52; inadequate warning time for P-40Es, 116, 117, 133, 217, 336; ineffectiveness of, 336, 392n.42; inspected by Sprague and Legg, 93–94; misdirects P-40Es, 140; operational methods of, 93–94, 217; orders interceptions by 17th Pursuit Squadron (Provisional), 93–94, 113, 115, 132–33, 140, 141, 142, 160, 169, 218, 240, 254, 258, 262, 269, 272, 275– 76, 302, 416–17n.2 Air Transport Command: in Broome evacuation, 324, 328; B-24A of, 397n.50; formed at Amberley, 110; pilots join, 152, 396n.35 aircraft assembly: and Admiral Halstead P-40s, 41, 43–45, 49, 378n.66; and Meigs A-24s, 37, 41–42; and Polk/Mormacsun P-40s, 56, 73, 74, 79, 86 Akagi: Val dive bombers of attack Pecos, 431n.38, 431n.40; launches Darwin aerial attack, 196; Zeros from attack Oestreicher flight, 410n.5, 411n.12, 411n.14 AL 515, 320 AL 508, 320 Albright, Sydney, 211 Alice Springs, 175, 183, 184, 185 Amberley Field, 35, 342, 343; aircraft assembly at, 41–42, 43–45; Naylor crashes at, 171; P-40Es at for Langley, 403n.74; 13th Pursuit Squadron (Provisional ) at, 175; P-40E pilot training at, 38, 41–42, 45–46; Polk pilots arrive at, 72; Republic pilots transferred to, 39; 17th Pursuit Squadron (Provisional ) at, 61, 62; 33rd Pursuit Squadron (Provisional) at, 170 Amboina, 195; as Japanese base, 207, 402n.64; Japanese occupy...