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Tires were scarce; soon there would be no more. Robert DeWayne Parker thought this over as he drove 15 miles to his electrical job in Douglas Aircraft's Santa Monica plant. Earl Perkins puzzled over it as he drove 16 miles to his radio job on the bomber assembly line of Vega's plant. Parker worked near Perkins' home, Perkins worked near Parker...
...days later the Japs retaliated with a big bomber raid on an American Volunteer Group airdrome. Alone, Pilot Parker Dupuoy tackled the first wave of 27 bombers. Eight Jap fighters charged him. He blew up one fighter at 17,000 ft., then his ammunition ran out and he scooted for the field, on which bombs were already dropping. When he landed, a bomb fragment creased his right arm. Jernstedt, who had gone up to help him, got a bloody face from a shattered windshield, but landed his plane safely...
...Americans. The opinion is unanimous that the Dutchmen of Java fought as bravely as the Spartans at Thermopylae or the Texans in the Alamo. "I'll fight the man who says anything against the Dutch," drawls a fierce little towheaded Kentucky mountaineer who piloted a big bomber during the Battle of Java...
...Spelling classes will learn to spell (and define) drag, lift, stratosphere, bomber...
Warriors. In Coffeyville, Kans., an Osage Indian introduced his family to a visitor. "I am Brave Eagle," he announced. "This is my son, Fighting Bird- and this is my grandson, Four-Motored Bomber...