A Tail of two P-40s
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A Tail of two P-40s
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Re: A Tail of two P-40s
Did not know that.
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Re: A Tail of two P-40s
WOW!!!!!
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Re: A Tail of two P-40s
A few more like that and the war would have been over before it started.
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Re: A Tail of two P-40s
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That was well spent time. Years ago read "Day of Infamy" which describes the good job those two fighter pilots accomplished. Had those fighters not been dispersed to the small airfield none would have made it into the air. The japs pulled off a well planned attack but fortunately over looked the fuel tanks and dry docks.
That was well spent time. Years ago read "Day of Infamy" which describes the good job those two fighter pilots accomplished. Had those fighters not been dispersed to the small airfield none would have made it into the air. The japs pulled off a well planned attack but fortunately over looked the fuel tanks and dry docks.
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Re: A Tail of two P-40s
The other side had men like that as well. Do a Google search on a German named Pips People.
If you're gonna be stupid ya gotta be tough-
Isiah 55:8&9
It's easier to fool people than it is to convince them they have been fooled.
Isiah 55:8&9
It's easier to fool people than it is to convince them they have been fooled.
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Re: A Tail of two P-40s
They recreated their action in "Tora Tora Tora" even the convertible they drove, and now I know why having the actual pilot as an adviser on set.
That airfield in Haleiwa is still their though the runway is totally overgrown with weeds. The locals call it "Police Beach" because that section of coastline is closed to the general public but is used as a private recreation area for the Honolulu Police Department. I have friends in HPD so have had the privilege on camping on that beach. One evening I was diving for lobsters off the old runway and in about 20 feet of water came upon a intact 3 bladed propeller that I am sure came from a P-40. It was huge and I considered getting a couple guys and walking it to shore as keeping it as a souvenir. I was 16 at the time, and I'm glad I decided to leave it there letting it rest peacefully as a reminder to others who may have no idea what purpose that shoreline once served.
I also found a fuselage of a P-47 Thunderbolt with wings still attached in about 10 feet of water off the runway Bellows Army Airfield while diving for fish, even sat in the plane the bubble canopy long since gone. I was about 16 at the time too. Told my dad about it, and we went back to look for it but I could not relocate that crash sight to my dad's disappointment.
Police Beach (Haleiwa Airfield) today
That airfield in Haleiwa is still their though the runway is totally overgrown with weeds. The locals call it "Police Beach" because that section of coastline is closed to the general public but is used as a private recreation area for the Honolulu Police Department. I have friends in HPD so have had the privilege on camping on that beach. One evening I was diving for lobsters off the old runway and in about 20 feet of water came upon a intact 3 bladed propeller that I am sure came from a P-40. It was huge and I considered getting a couple guys and walking it to shore as keeping it as a souvenir. I was 16 at the time, and I'm glad I decided to leave it there letting it rest peacefully as a reminder to others who may have no idea what purpose that shoreline once served.
I also found a fuselage of a P-47 Thunderbolt with wings still attached in about 10 feet of water off the runway Bellows Army Airfield while diving for fish, even sat in the plane the bubble canopy long since gone. I was about 16 at the time too. Told my dad about it, and we went back to look for it but I could not relocate that crash sight to my dad's disappointment.
Police Beach (Haleiwa Airfield) today
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Re: A Tail of two P-40s
My grandfather was at Schofield Barracks when the attack happened. He might have seen those planes in the air.
I remember first reading about these two pilots in a magazine article in the 1970's that told their true story. It had been illustrated with stills from the movie Tora Tora Tora. I havn't seen that article since 1979 at least and it's funny how well I remember it, even that the car was brand new and one of the pilots had just bought it, and what some of the pictures looked like.
The article mentioned another pilot who took off but had no ammunition. (Unless he has been confabulated out of one of these two pilots into three in my memory)
Just out of interest, when that movie Tora Tora Tora came out in 1970's and being watched in the theatres, Lt Onoda still was fighting WW2 in the Phillipines, and had another four years of service to the Emporer to go...
I remember first reading about these two pilots in a magazine article in the 1970's that told their true story. It had been illustrated with stills from the movie Tora Tora Tora. I havn't seen that article since 1979 at least and it's funny how well I remember it, even that the car was brand new and one of the pilots had just bought it, and what some of the pictures looked like.
The article mentioned another pilot who took off but had no ammunition. (Unless he has been confabulated out of one of these two pilots into three in my memory)
Just out of interest, when that movie Tora Tora Tora came out in 1970's and being watched in the theatres, Lt Onoda still was fighting WW2 in the Phillipines, and had another four years of service to the Emporer to go...
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Re: A Tail of two P-40s
Among it's many accomplishments, the P-40 was the first American aircraft to score victories in WWII. It is the only type of aircraft that was used by all of the allied nations. That the pilots were able to survive a brush with Zeros that could out climb and out turn them was quite a feat of flying.
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Thank all the WW2 vets you can, now, because they are going to their rewards fast.
There were not flying models of the Japanese aircraft when the production work started for Tora Tora Tora, so a company outside of Memphis produced flying mock ups of Zero's and Val's out of surplus Texans and Hartfords, it became the norm on sunny weekends to see flights of "Jap" torpedo bombers flying over the Mid-South in 1969.
There were not flying models of the Japanese aircraft when the production work started for Tora Tora Tora, so a company outside of Memphis produced flying mock ups of Zero's and Val's out of surplus Texans and Hartfords, it became the norm on sunny weekends to see flights of "Jap" torpedo bombers flying over the Mid-South in 1969.
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Re: A Tail of two P-40s
Hey Rusty, did you mean "Pips Priller"?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbxbEv2 ... detailpage
http://www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/LRG/priller.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbxbEv2 ... detailpage
http://www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/LRG/priller.html
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Re: A Tail of two P-40s
A fascinating tail of heroism against overwhelming odds....
As for Pips Priller, he too was a brave and skillful pilot, pity he was on the wrong side.
As for Pips Priller, he too was a brave and skillful pilot, pity he was on the wrong side.
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Re: A Tail of two P-40s
rock-steady wrote:Hey Rusty, did you mean "Pips Priller"?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbxbEv2 ... detailpage
http://www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/LRG/priller.html
Yes I did Rock. Sorry about the autocorrect. He and his wingman took off to meet the whole D-Day invasion force all by themselves.
If you're gonna be stupid ya gotta be tough-
Isiah 55:8&9
It's easier to fool people than it is to convince them they have been fooled.
Isiah 55:8&9
It's easier to fool people than it is to convince them they have been fooled.