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From: Cubdriver
Date: Friday, February 29, 2008 6:52 PM
Subject: Re: Japan: why the lack of trained pilots?
From: Cubdriver
Date: Friday, February 29, 2008 6:52 PM
Subject: Re: Japan: why the lack of trained pilots?
On Tue, 26 Feb 2008 01:23:56 -0500, Bill Shatzer
>> The fate of the 77th Sentai, an army fighter group, is instructive.
>> When the 77th lost its last aircraft, the pilots and ground crews were
>> given rifles and used as footsoldiers. There were almost no survivors.
>
>How is that different than the fate of the American pilots at Bataan?
Um, what fighter squadrons were stationed on Bataan?
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