A top read..
Much more on the use and abuse of P40s in Oz and Java..air battles galore.
"Every Day a Nightmare" by William Bartsch.
Covers the ferry flights to Darwin and Java, fighting there and escapes from.
First raid in Darwin 19 Feb '42... mayhem.. and many fatalities.
Glover, Hughes, McMahon, Perry, Pell, Peres and Rice, etc..
"May their names liveth for evermore"
Airstrips named after Pell and Hughes, just 2 of the brave " too few"
Desperate days!