TY  - BOOK
AU  - Messimer, Dwight R.
TI  - In the hands of fate : : the story of Patrol Wing Ten, 8 December 1941 - 11 May 1942 / 
SN  - 1557505470 (softbound)
AV  - D 773 .M43 2002 
PY  - 2002///
CY  - Annapolis, MD : 
PB  - Naval Institute Press
KW  - United States. Navy. Patrol Wing 10
KW  - History
KW  - World War, 1939-1945
KW  - Campaigns
KW  - Pacific Ocean
KW  - Naval operations, American
KW  - aerial operations
KW  - evacuation of Corregidor
KW  - Netherlands East Indies campaign
KW  - Patrol Wing Ten
KW  - PBY flying boats
KW  - Philippine defense campaign
KW  - US Asiatic Fleet
N1  - Patrol Wing Ten was the only U.S. Navy aviation unit to fight the Japanese in the early weeks of World War II, and the daring exploits of its PBY scout-plane pilots offer a dramatic tale of heroism, duty, and controversy. - Roderick Hall
N2  - Well-researched account of the US Navy Asiatic Fleet's aerial reconnaissance unit.

Based in the Philippines at the outbreak of the war, the Wing’s PBY flying boats flew patrol and bombing missions against the invading Japanese, even though their planes were no match to the Japanese fighter aircraft. Several planes were lost, either shot down or destroyed while at anchor, and PatWing Ten was withdrawn to the Netherlands East Indies (now Indonesia), where it participated in the desperate defense of that archipelago. Two of PatWing Ten’s planes flew to Corregidor to evacuate nurses and selected individuals just before the Japanese invasion of the island fort.

Several men of the unit were left behind in the Philippines where they fought in Bataan and Corregidor, where they fought as infantry and eventually became prisoners of war; this book covers their experiences in detail. - Prof. Ricardo T. Jose
UR  - https://issuu.com/filipinasheritagelibrary/docs/rhc-013617?e=18015266/52504507
ER  -