Chapter 9:Five-Hundred and Ninety-four Holes

The Superman crew went on many more missions, including one over Makin, in which Louie blew up outhouses. They soon were ordered to attack Nauru, a phosphate filled island which the Japanese had seized. Louie's attack began late at night. Both planes either side of him were lost. Then, after dropping some bombs, all of the planes were pursued by Japanese Zeros. They gave them a lot of trouble, and injured and killed a lot of crewman on all of the ships. The damage was so bad to Louie's crew that they needed the co-pilot to come help them. The plane seemed like it was going to crash, still being shot by Zeros. The plane was going so fast, and it looked as though it would crash upon landing. They landed safely, but there were a lot of injured men inside. 594 bullet holes were in the plane after the flight. There was only one death on the plane, which was 22 year old Harold Brooks.