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1941年9月5日,美国开始在菲律宾部署新型波音B-17“飞行堡垒”轰炸机。“飞行堡垒”轰炸机曾被视为美国可以在菲律宾防御日本侵略的有效手段,能够阻止其对荷属东印度的入侵。2个月后,在菲律宾吕宋岛的克拉克机场和棉兰老岛的特拉·蒙蒂机场的B-17轰炸机总数达35架。1941年12月8中午。克拉克机场的12架B-17轰炸机被日军击毁,另外5架严重损伤。一星期后,刘易斯·布雷尔顿少将和道格拉斯·麦克阿瑟中将决定将所有B-17轰炸机撤至澳大利亚的达尔文。美国早期想利用B-17轰炸机保卫菲律宾企图以失败告终。
On September 5, 1941, the United States began deploying the new Boeing B-17 Flight Fortress bombers in the Philippines. The Flying Fortress bombers were seen as an effective means by which the United States can defeat Japan in the Philippines and prevent its invasion of the Netherlands East Indies. Two months later, the total number of B-17 bomber aircraft at Clarke Airport in the Philippines, Luzon Island and Tramonto Airport in Mindanao reached 35. December 8, 1941 at noon. Twelve B-17 bomber aircraft at Clarke Field were destroyed by Japanese troops and the other five were seriously damaged. A week later, Major-General Lewis Breton and Major-General Douglas MacArthur decided to withdraw all B-17 bomber aircraft to Darwin, Australia. The early attempts by the United States to defeat the Philippines by using the B-17 bomber failed in its attempt.