Contents List of Aircraft Profiles Dedication Introduction Chapter 1 Japanese Plans for the South Pacific Chapter 2 Allied Defences in the South Pacific Chapter 3 RAAF Pokes the Giant - December 1941 Chapter 4 Fourth Fleet Turns South - January 1942 Chapter 5 Colonel Scanlan's Dilemma Chapter 6 Carrier Attack Day 1 - 20th January 1942 Chapter 7 Carrier Attack Day 2 - 21st January 1942 Chapter 8 Carrier Attack Day 3 - 22nd January 1942 Chapter 9 Rabaul on the Eve of Invasion Chapter 10 Invasion - 23rd January 1942 Chapter 11 Consolidation of Rabaul - late January to early February 1942 Chapter 12 Gasmata - Early February 1942 Chapter 13 South Pacific Buildup - mid-February 1942 Chapter 14 Black Day for No. 4 Ku - 20th February 1942 Chapter 15 USAAC Enters the Fray - Late February to early March 1942 Chapter 16 Lae and Salammaua - to 9th March 1942 Chapter 17 Bougainville and The Solomons - to March 1942 Chapter 18 Lark Force Postscript Appendix 1 Confirmed Aircraft Losses - 8 December 1941 to 9 March 1942 Appendix 2 Surviving Aircraft Sources Index.