"Paul J. Adam" wrote in message
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In message , John Keeney
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Catalinas for patrol, nobody was going to attack Pearl at night in '41:
that would have required night carrier ops.

Taranto was a night raid... it could be done, it _had_ been done.

But that wasn't Pearl. But I concede your point that I'm applying
my own prejudices in a tactically unsound way.