CONTENTS I Parting 1 II Impatience III Our "Road to Singapore" 18 IV At the Front 19 V Island Under Siege 42 VI Into the Fight 51 VII Beginning of the End 73 VIII Evacuation 91 IX Stewie's Escape 100 X War Over the Jungle 107 XI The Battle of Palembang 119 XII A River Massacre and a Frightened Pilot 132 XIII "We'll Be Back" 148 Publisher's Note 156 Letters Home 157 A Letter From the Air Ministry 169 ILLUSTRATIONS Kallang Airdrome, Singapore, Feb. 11, 1942 Endpaper The Last Air Picture of Singapore Frontispiece Singapore (a map) Facing page 1 Oil Storage Tank on Fire Near the Naval Base Lounging on the Veranda Overlooking Tengah Airdrome 32 A Brick Dispersal Pen at Tengah Airdrome 38 Sea View Hotel, Singapore 52 A Force-Landing on the Airdrome 54 The City of Singapore 54 The Dispersal Hut, Kallang Airdrome 60 Jungle Airdrome, Sumatra 116 Escape from Palembang 122 Digitized by Google.

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