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Re: Summer Reading
From: Gary LaPook
Date: 2010 Aug 03, 23:21 +0200
From: Gary LaPook
Date: 2010 Aug 03, 23:21 +0200
Here is some good reading about the Balikpapan raid: http://bayourenaissanceman.blogspot.com/2008/11/weekend-wings-28-balikpapan-raid.html gl Michael Dorl wrote: > Thanks to all who made suggestions, now I have a lot more to read! > > I have a book titled "Combat WWII Pacific" edited by Congdon and > Mitgang. It's a collection of extracts from other sources. Among > them is a chapter titled "Raid on Balijpapan" on the first B24 raid on > the Japanese held oil refinery at Bilikpapan. The source cited is > "Big Distance" by Duell, Sloane, and Pearce but I've never been able > to find that. > > There were 72 bomber in six groups. Take off weight was 68,500 lbs, > 20,500 lbs over design and 8,500 lbs over 'normal' overload. The > planes took off just after midnight and flew individually to a dawn > rendezvous some 1035 miles from the take off point and 220 miles form > the target. The first group of 12 planes met at that point within 13 > minutes. > > > >