[RSwank]

Hmmm.. Odd. When I click on the Google link I gave it goes right to page 149. The first paragraph starts out "At 12:20 on March 1, 1942 Japanese troops finally set foot on Java. The Eastern Invasion Force landed on the north shore about 100 miles west of Soerabaja, while the Western Invasion Force landed on the northwest coast near Batavia." The rest of the paragraph lists how the BGs responded. It mentions that Hardison's bombardier became violently ill just before take-off and Hardison was delayed for an hour.

The second paragraph starts:

"Lt Beran, B-17E (41-2489, Suzy-Q), arrived first, at 2:30, and aided by a full moon, dropped a train of bombs from 7000 feet atop two transports scoring a direct hit on one and possibly the other."

The book goes on to describe the attack by other planes and the Japanese response. Then at about 5:00 am, after the first attacks were concluded, Hardison arrived. The antiaircraft guns were silent, the searchlights were off and the moon had clouded over. Haridson flew up and down the coast, trying to located some targets. Finally, around 6:00, Hardison spotted a transport and attacks.

Pretty clear from the write-up that Lt Beran was flying Suzy-Q and that Hardison was flying a combat mission in a different (un-named) plane.


Based on your experience it would appear the somehow the Google book links are not "fixed" but may pick and choose what to show based on what? ...... the user's location? or prior searches? Has anyone else run into this before?