The Sun Setters' 38th Bomb Group Association (WW II) 2006 magazine article entitled A New Way To Fight The War references Garrett Middlebrook and the 405th Squadron.

 Amazon.com reviewer -- June 10, 2005 Garrett Middlebrook has written a detailed, gut-wrenching tale of the amazing feats of his B-25 strafer unit and their long and dangerous missions over New Guinea in 1942 and 1943, before Guadalcanal! The heroism of these men, flying under dangerous conditions with battered equipment, is simply remarkable. Middlebrook does not tell you this, however. He shows it and you feel like you are in the plane with him.

David Gunn was a pilot in the 405th Bomb Squadron. A story from the record of the recollections of other former members and the official squadron reports of the 38th Bomb Group Raids Daglia. Bomber Legends. 2005 Volume 2 No. 4., which was found at the Something About Everything Military site, recounts the Daglia Raids - 17-18 August 1943 and makes reference to Garrett and his writings.

	Middlebrook wrote later, "A zero sat facing the same direction I was flying. My fire power striking the wings and tail sections rolled it forward into another plane.”
	"...All minimum altitude bomber pilots soon learned, as Middlebrook wrote, "Now was the time for the great metamorphosis to take place. To this point, we had been aggressive, daring, bold, courageous and determined. But when those bomb bay doors closed, by military tradition, by instinct, by the urge to survive and all that is holy we became outrageous, unabashed cowards! It was now time to flee for our lives.”

Through the Window of Time: 3 of 78000 an article by Michael Moskow related to POWs during WWII (found on a site related to Pacific wrecks) refers to Garrett's book and his account of those that may have been captured or killed (see What Unit were the POWs Members of? topic).

"Similarly, Garrett Middlebrook’s powerful book “Air Combat at Twenty Feet” includes a list of 71st Bomb Squadron personnel lost in combat missions between Oct. 16, 1942 and Sept. 27, 1943.  Garrett’s list reveals that no 71st Bomb Squadron aircrews were lost in the area of New Guinea specified by the Japanese POW during this time period, though two Mitchells were lost on missions to Lae in November and December of 1942..."

On an ArmyAirForces message board, Robert Stava recommends Garrett's book for mentioned on the 38th [Bomb Group] Association, Web site, Reunion...

"On your related books you might want to include "Air Combat at 20 feet" by Garrett Middlebrook. Garrett was a 38th BG B25 pilot from 1942-43 and one of the few veteran's who kept detailed daily records of events as they unfolded as well as his personal thoughts on what was happening. He's also still very much kicking around last I heard from him."

On a Checkmate message board entry, it indicates that Garrett's book may come in handy in answering the question "If you run an engine at WOT (no wep) would it overheat?"

"I have one reference of a B-25 pilot in a long running battle with some Ki-43s where he ran his engines at 95% (didn't use 100% because the rest of the B-25s needed some room to throttle up for formation purposes). Anyway, he kept the cowl flaps closed while in this battle (for additional speed) and he and his co-pilot were very concerned about engine overheating. They ran them in the red, but they held together. A very interesting read. So, from that ONE reference, I'd say that depending on engine management (running at high throttle percentages) cowl flap position did matter. If you want specifics I'll dig them out. The book is "Air Combat at 20 feet" by Garrett Middlebrook. Remember, this is only ONE source."