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11th October 2019, 19:54
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B-17 force-landed 25 January 1942 Java?
Hi guys
Re-reading Vern Haugland's "The AAF Against Japan", he writes that eight B-17s from Java raided Balikpapan in Borneo on 25 January and were apparently intercepted by Japanese fighters. Only three B-17s returned to their base at Malang and that the other five landed (force-landed?) "about Java and Borneo - Soerabaya, Bandjermasin, Bangkalan, Arosbaja." Were any of these combat damaged? Another account implied that one was observed by a Japanese reconnaissance aircraft to have force-land on an island off Soerbaya (Bawean?) Has anyone a report on this raid, please, or additional information? Cheers Brian 
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