HSPLS site
Login
My List - 0
Help
Search
My Account
Databases
HI Newspaper
eBooks/Audiobooks
Learning
PC Reservation
Reading Program
Basic
Advanced
Power
History
Search:
Title Browse
Author Browse
Subject Browse
Best Seller Browse
Music Title Browse
Video/DVD Title Browse
Journal/Newspaper Title Browse
Serial Title Browse
Series Browse (includes Bestseller List)
General Keyword
Title Keyword
Author Keyword
Subject Keyword
Name Keyword
Series Keyword
Score Title Browse
Talking Book Title Browse
Awards Note Browse
Bib No.
Barcode
Refine Search
> You're searching:
HAWAII STATE PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM
Item Information
Holdings
Summary
More Content
More by this author
Jett, Philip, author.
Subjects
Pan American World Airways, Inc. -- History.
Pacific Clipper (Airplane)
Philippine Clipper (Airplane)
Anzac Clipper (Airplane)
Hong Kong Clipper (Airplane)
Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, Japanese.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Pacific Area.
Transpacific flights -- History -- 20th century.
Browse Catalog
by author:
Jett, Philip, author.
by title:
Stranded in the sky ...
MARC Display
Stranded in the sky : the untold story of Pan Am luxury airliners trapped on the day of infamy / Philip Jett.
by
Jett, Philip, author.
Nashville, Tennessee : Turner Publishing Company, [2023]
Subjects
Pan American World Airways, Inc. -- History.
Pacific Clipper (Airplane)
Philippine Clipper (Airplane)
Anzac Clipper (Airplane)
Hong Kong Clipper (Airplane)
Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, Japanese.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Pacific Area.
Transpacific flights -- History -- 20th century.
ISBN:
9781684429370 (hardcover) :
1684429374 (hardcover)
Description:
xxiv, 384 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Contents:
Preflight briefing -- Prologue -- Destination Honolulu -- Trouble brewing -- Eat, read, and doze -- Paradise of the Pacific -- New York, Pan Am's head office -- A regular fella -- Danger in the vacant sea -- On to Midway -- Yamamoto's plan -- Three other clippers in the Pacific -- Next hop, Wake Island -- Final preparations for X day -- Boat day -- Wake Island -- Preparation for island invasions -- The Pacific and Anzac Clippers -- Load the torpedoes -- Gridiron -- Sea serpents -- Friendly fireworks in Hong Kong -- Taking off to Guam -- Climb Mount Niitaka -- A late warning -- The calm -- Tora! Tora! Tora! -- The storm -- Roosevelt receives word -- Plan A -- The Pacific and Anzac Clippers -- No thought of surrender -- Seeking another victory -- Scuttlebutt -- Behind the squall -- Every man for himself -- The Pacific and Anzac Clippers -- Escape from Hong Kong -- A will-o'-the-wisp -- Marital law -- Homeward bound -- Christmas in Washington -- Anzac and Pacific Clippers reach home -- The exchange -- Revenge -- New York -- Epilogue.
Requests:
0
Summary:
"A fresh look at the December 7, 1941, events surrounding the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Jett focuses on the fates of four Pan Am Flying Clippers, each filled with influential passengers. The aircrafts' refueling stops included Midway Atoll, Wake Island, Guam, and Manila-all of which were targeted and attacked within hours of Japan's infamous early-morning attack of Pearl Harbor. Stranded in the sky, these civilian airlines-like any US plane in the region at the time-were unexpectedly at risk of being shot down by Japanese military. The Pearl Harbor bombing removed any possibility these four airlines had for US military assistance, and the attack of the refueling stations made it impossible for these airlines to fill up their depleting gas tanks. Consequently, the Pan Am crews and passengers must figure out how to survive during these volatile times in the Pacific Ocean, where neither land, air, nor sea can promise safety from the same Imperial Japanese military forces that devastated Pearl Harbor and brought our nation into the Second World War. The writing is good, and the narrative backbone is strong and gives this historical account a novel-like feel"--Provided by publisher.
Copy/Holding information
Location
Collection
Call No.
Status
Due Date
Hawaii State Library
Language, Literature & History
940.54266 Je
Checked In
Add Copy to MyList
Hilo Public Library
Adult Nonfiction
940.54266 Jett
Checked In
Add Copy to MyList
Liliha Public Library
Adult Nonfiction
940.54266 Je
Checked In
Add Copy to MyList
Makawao Public Library
Adult Nonfiction
940.54266 Je
Checked out
06/29/2024
Add Copy to MyList
McCully-Moiliili Public Library
Adult Nonfiction
940.54266 Ja
Checked out
06/29/2024
Add Copy to MyList
Mililani Public Library
Adult Nonfiction
940.54266 Je
Checked In
Add Copy to MyList
Mountain View P/S Library
Adult Nonfiction
940.54266 Je
Checked In
Add Copy to MyList
Horizon Information Portal 3.25_9884
© 2001-2013
SirsiDynix
All rights reserved.