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1. The Bamboo Fleet: How a Ragtag Airlift Operation Supported Besieged U.S. Forces in the Philippines in World War II.

Author

Farrell, John F.

Subjects
*MILITARY supplies, *SIEGES, *FIGHTER planes, *MARITIME pilots, *AIR pilots, *WORLD War II equipment, *AMERICAN military personnel, *WORLD War II, *TWENTIETH century, *HISTORY, WORLD War II American aerial operations
Abstract

The article discusses the role that the U.S. Army Air Force unit known as the Bamboo Fleet played in providing support to the U.S. forces besieged in Bataan, Philippines and Corregidor, Philippines during World War II. An overview of the U.S. Army Air Force's use of fighter planes to transport supplies and military personnel passengers, which was due to the lack of availability of conventional airlift aircraft, is provided. An overview of the pilots of the Bamboo Fleet, including Captain William "Jitter Bill" R. Bradford, is also provided.

Published
2012

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