Bob F. wrote:
Thanks for the response. I heard different stories but nothing that
made sense to me. The closest partial story had something to do with
the props slipstream on the stabilizer (H or V, I don't know) gave them
better performance (whatever that means) in high speed, high powered
dives. I could never get a complete story. I even talked with 3 of the
last pilots that shot down Adm. Yamamoto, when they gave a talk at the
Boeing Museum about 20 years ago. They had no idea either.

It was good to see Barber finally get his just due on the Yamamoto
issue. Rex was a true gentlemen. He avoided the mess with Lamphier all
through his life.

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Dudley Henriques