From: "old hoodoo"
Date: 4/9/2004 12:58 Pacific Daylight Time

I have never heard of a single navy aircraft getting airborne at Pearl
Harbor. Was this because all the naval aircraft were based
at a single facility? Has there ever been an accounting of what actually
happened to immobilize the navy air?

The army managed to get up an assortment of fighters for at least a token
defense.

As stated, Navy fighters were aboard the at-sea carriers. In addition, the
USAAC had the responsibility for aerial fighter defense of Hawaii did it not?

Don't think there were even USMC fighter squadrons on Oahu. VMF-211 was at sea
on Big E -- heading for Wake and VMF-221 was at SDiego, about to put aboard
Sara for transit to Oahu.

MW