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Tonight, 8 PM PST - Secrets of the Dead - "Dogfight Over Guadalcanal"

"In the summer of 1942, two ace fighter pilots --
one American and one Japanese -- faced off during
a dramatic dogfight in the skies over Guadalcanal.
Eventually the Japanese pilot shot down the American,
who crash landed behind enemy lines but managed to
escape before being captured. Using both pilots'
comprehensive (but sometimes contradictory) memoirs,
and following a forensic expedition to the
recently-found American plane, "Dogfight Over
Guadalcanal" examines and recreates every anxious
second of the WWII showdown over the Pacific,
revealing just how evenly matched the two men
were and how they both survived, despite serious..."
http://www.kcts.org/

Well, they didn't go into 'tactics', but still, I enjoyed it. And it needed
telling.
Bravo, PBS.
If you wish info that is more technical (read: tactical) watch the History
Channel every Friday nite, and look for 'Dogfights'. Last weeks show on 'Mig
Alley' was most interesting. This Friday, they are going to blow up dams on
the Rhine with Lancasters, and somehow.....


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Tonight, 8 PM PST - Secrets of the Dead - "Dogfight Over Guadalcanal"

"In the summer of 1942, two ace fighter pilots --
one American and one Japanese -- faced off during
a dramatic dogfight in the skies over Guadalcanal.
Eventually the Japanese pilot shot down the American,
who crash landed behind enemy lines but managed to
escape before being captured. Using both pilots'
comprehensive (but sometimes contradictory) memoirs,
and following a forensic expedition to the
recently-found American plane, "Dogfight Over
Guadalcanal" examines and recreates every anxious
second of the WWII showdown over the Pacific,
revealing just how evenly matched the two men
were and how they both survived, despite serious..."
http://www.kcts.org/