Indian Ocean Spotted three smudges of smoke over horizon on my 8-12 watch this morning. Turned west to avoid them…
Tjilatjap, Netherlands East Indies Word came around this morning that we were leaving. The last of the RAF pilots departed,…
Tjilatjap, Netherlands East Indies Wish we’d get out of here — this place is certainly a trap — the entrance…
Tjilatjap, Netherlands East Indies When ashore this morning and got rid of my Dutch guilders — had them change to…
Tjilatjap, Netherlands East Indies Left Surabaya early this morning aboard the ex-Dutch PBY-5 (#44) and flew directly to the south…
Netherlands East Indies Off-duty around 1030 after a night of heavy tropical rains. Went to the Surabaya Zoo in the…
Netherlands East Indies These damned Dutchmen — I’m getting rather tired of them. They got toward all of us as…
Netherlands East Indies As we have not been bombed for the past three days, that carrier that was set afire…
Netherlands East Indies In the “Long Room” at lunch I spoke with a Dutch flying officer who had just returned…
Netherlands East Indies No air raid today. Got back, off duty, about 1100 and spent the rest of the day…