"Jim" jaahrens NOSPAM at yahoo dot com wrote in message
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"Maple1" wrote in message
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That is because most of us have quit posting here and have moved on to
better places with fewer assholes.
I don't quite understand why you are flaming me for asking a simple
question
out of curiosity. I asked why it was stated that the air raid on Pearl
was
not particularly important to aviation.
As you say . . . if "most of us have quit posting here and have moved on
to
better places with fewer assholes" . . . I see you're still around!
Jim.
I'm not sure if all types of browsers show it or not, but Maple's post while
being posted after your reply, was posted in direct answer to Luke's
message. A lot of providers do not always seem to pick up and post other
answers straight away, so it is quite likely that Maple may not have seen
your answer.
It is a shame that Maple does not post a lot more here still as he used to
have some great shots and used to contribute a lot.
As to your question, I thought the same thing too. I think that the events
of that day probably had a far greater effect on the future direction of
military aviation than anyone at the time could have imagined.
As to remembering the day, well I normally post my own photos here from time
to time, so I am guilty of not posting some, but I certainly remembered the
day.
Here's a pic of one of the Types operated by the RAAF on their first
operations against the Japanese.
It was on the 8th of December, but only because of the International Date
Line. In reality the attack on the Japanese invasion fleet off Malaya was
over an hour before the attack on Pearl Harbour.
--
Darryl Gibbs
Aircraft of Australia Aviation Photography.
www.aircraftofaustralia.com
Vintage and Warbirds.
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