ARTICLES
Yap’s Air Campaign
Backwater to FrontlineYap Island was a Backwater of the Pacific War save for a brief period when it became the center of opposition to the bombers of the recently formed Far East Air Force (FEAF) of the United States Army Air Force. On June 15th,...
Japanese operations at Wakde Airfield on Wakde Island
Airfield ConstructionThe Japanese occupied Wakde Island in April 1942 after their successful campaign in the Netherlands East Indies. The Allies first noted an airfield being developed there in February 1943. By June a coral landing strip 5400 feet...
Japanese Side of Neel Kearby Mission
American Air Activity March 5, 1944 According to a mission summary in an intel report the 3 P-47s were over Wewak at 1715L (means L time zone not "local"). They encountered 3 NELLS, 8 TONYS and 4 OSCARS. They shot down 3 NELLS and only one OSCAR...
Additional Publications
- Tuluvu’s Air War (Cape Gloucester)
- Masao Yoshihara’s Story: May 14th-25th, 1943
- Error Oft Repeated – The Anabuki Hoax
- Murakami: September 11th, 1942 – The Rest of the Story
- First Kamikaze? Attack on HMAS Australia — October 21st, 1944
- 248th Hiko Sentai: A Japanese “Hard luck” Fighter Unit
University of New Hampshire Magazine
Book Reviews
- Ki-43 Hayabusa aces of World War 2 (via Wayback Machine)
- P-40 Warhawk vs. Ki-43 Oscar (via Wayback Machine)
- Jimmy Doolittle, Hap Arnold, and the Battle of Britain: The 100-Octane Story (2020)
- Uncertain Wings: Curtiss Hawk 75 in China (2008)
- Illusive Target: Bombing Japan from China (2006)
- Chennault and the Flying Tigers – Heroes but were they legal? (2005)
- Double Lucky? The Campaigns of the 77th Hiko Sentai (2005)
- Japanese aircraft code-names in perspective (2005)
- Curtiss-Wright CW-21 (2005)
- Vultee P-66 in Chinese Service (2005)
- Zero Model 21: Unraveling the performance data (2004)
- Republic P-43 and China’s Air War (2004)
- Nakajima Type 1 Model 1 Army Fighter (Ki-43-I) Armament — A Reassessment (2002, 2004)