On July 15, 1942, a formation of six Lockheed P-38s and two B-17s from the US Army Air Forces (USAAF) were making their way across the northern Atlantic Ocean heading for Great Britain.[1] Using the call sign Tomcat Flight, the small P-38 fighters were escorted by the larger B-17 bombers that had a dedicated navigator and a radio operator on board shepherding their “little friends” on the long journey. While this area of the globe is known for its fickle weather, the summer months were generally considered the best time of year to transverse the expanse. However, on the third leg of the journey, running from Greenland to Iceland, the North Atlantic weather lived up to its unpredictable reputation. The formation ran into bad weather, experienced icing, and was unable to continue its eastward journey. Hoping to return to their point of departure at airfield “BLUIE WEST 8” in western Greenland, the P-38’s fuel status showed otherwise.[2] Because ditching in the frigid waters of
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“They’re Killing My Boys!”: the History of Hickam Field and the Attacks of 7 December 1941, J.Michael Wenger, Robert J. Cressman, and John Di Virgolio, 2019, ISBN 9781682474587, 272 pp.
“They’re Killing My Boys!”: the History of Hickam Field and the Attacks of 7 December 1941 by J. Michael Wenger, Robert J. Cressman, and John F. Di Virgilio
“They’re Killing My Boys!” is the third title (the previous two books were reviewed in the previous posts) of a trilogy centered upon the disastrous series of attacks by the Japanese Empire bringing the U.S. directly into World War II. The authors create a unique approach, as well, by researching the details of a myriad of individual actions both U.S. and Japanese and knitting them into the tapestry of the actions at Hickam Army Air Field on 7 December 1941. The three authors collectively possess expertise and proficiency beyond most indivi