The Dutch Naval Air Force Against Japan: The Defense of the Netherlands East Indies, 1941-1942 second edition

[Edward]

I am very interested as well. I assume that the message board for the "Dutch East Indies Campaign" is kaput. I have posted a question at the author's fb page.

The Dutch Naval Air Force Against Japan: The Defense of the Netherlands East Indies, 1941-1942
(McFarland & Company - 2nd edition - 12 November 2022)
by Tom Womack
310 pages w/ 95 photos, maps, appendices, notes, bibliography and index
$39.95 - paperback

"Following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the Dutch Naval Air Force—or Marine Luchtvaart Dienst (MLD)—played a significant but largely overlooked role in the opening months of the Pacific War. With 175 aircraft, the MLD greatly outnumbered the combined forces of its American and British allies. In three months of intense combat, the MLD lost 50 percent of its personnel and 80 percent of its aircraft, as the Netherlands’ colonial empire was stripped away.

This book details MLD operations during the Japanese invasion of Dutch East Indies, giving a comprehensive overview of organization, personnel, aircraft, equipment and tactics. For the first time in English, the failed evacuation of Java is examined."

https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/t...ainst-japan-2/

Tom Womack's fb page for his previous book, The Allied Defense of the Malay Barrier 1941-1942, can be found here.
https://www.facebook.com/The-Allied-...81926798634375