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    Default "Don't worry its only a flight of B17's flying in from the mainland."

    Surprise, surprise......wakey, wakey.


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    The first wave
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    Torpedo markers to the fore
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    AIM Kates lead the way
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    Re-painted Ares Val's follow the Kates, Zero's follow them
    See you on the Dark Side......

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    Impressive Neil.
    I bet you don't get that game over in an hour!
    Hang on a minute! I thought yo said you were going to work this morning?
    Rob.
    "Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."

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    They look really good Neil, I like those torpedoes.

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    Yep, they look the business
    Run for your life - there are stupid people everywhere!

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    Well as I was the only one at work this morning that knew I was going to work I might as well have stayed at home.
    See you on the Dark Side......

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    Quote Originally Posted by Skafloc View Post
    Well as I was the only one at work this morning that knew I was going to work I might as well have stayed at home.
    Sounds as though they have adopted the 7ps principle Neil.
    Rob.
    "Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."

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    Correct WingCo San.
    See you on the Dark Side......

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    Impressive attack wave, Neil!
    Voilà le soleil d'Austerlitz!

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    You've only yourself to blame Sven. It was your Midway campaign that got me hooked.

    Quote Originally Posted by Marechallannes View Post
    Impressive attack wave, Neil!
    See you on the Dark Side......

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    Quote Originally Posted by Flying Officer Kyte View Post
    7ps principle
    ?

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    Prior Preparation and Planning Prevents a Pretty (P@SS) Poor Performance.

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    They look great Neil.

    Those spinning props give the Kates give them a neat look.

    Ian

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    Nice Nippon attack group there Neil
    Now where are my Wildcats?

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    Quote Originally Posted by gully_raker View Post
    Nice Nippon attack group there Neil
    Now where are my Wildcats?
    Burning on the ground, probably

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    Now for the terrain at Kanoehe Bay!
    See you on the Dark Side......

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    A good job Clipper and his elves are away in their carriers - otherwise the shipbuilding effort is going to make BAe systems look like an atrophied remnant...oh! Hang on....

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    Quote Originally Posted by David Manley View Post
    Burning on the ground, probably
    There were Wildcats on the islands, but I can't find any full breakdowns of losses among them -- only a vague reference to "all 48 USMC acft. on Ewa" being destroyed, which number appears to include F4Fs.

    http://www.navweaps.com/index_oob/OO...arl_Harbor.htm

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    There's a good write-up here; 11 Wildcats were on Ewa at the time, 50% of the strength of VMF-211. (The other half were "lucky" enough to have been deployed elsewhere a few days earlier. Unfortunately the elsewhere in question was Wake Island, so not a reprieve so much as "out of the frying pan into the fire"....)

    Of the 11 on Ewa, apparently 9 were total write offs and the other 2 damaged - it doesn't seem like any were even manned, let alone successfully gotten airborne.

    http://homepage.ntlworld.com/andrew...._in_hawaii.htm
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    OK, looks about right. Thanks.

    The half of VMF-211 at Wake also went down -- but they did not go down easy: http://www.history.navy.mil/download/ww2-15.pdf .

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    Yep - utterly hopeless fight, but damn they put one up anyway - a real valiant effort.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dom S View Post
    Yep - utterly hopeless fight, but damn they put one up anyway - a real valiant effort.
    The annoying part for me is: Because FDR insisted on giving MacArthur a chance to "redeem" himself, Wake didn't get reclaimed until the war ended.

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    Quote Originally Posted by David Manley View Post
    Burning on the ground, probably

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    Quote Originally Posted by csadn View Post
    OK, looks about right. Thanks.

    The half of VMF-211 at Wake also went down -- but they did not go down easy: http://www.history.navy.mil/download/ww2-15.pdf .
    Great story Chris. Thanks for the link.

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    Alright, who said the "M" word?........I loathe that man!

    Nice flight of attack aircraft Neil!



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