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  • Besby Frank Holmes -- decorated WW II ace fighter pilot

    07/27/2006 9:38:06 PM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 15 replies · 957+ views
    SFGate.com ^ | 7/27/06 | John Koopman
    Besby Frank Holmes, a decorated combat ace who helped kill the Japanese admiral who planned and coordinated the attack on Pearl Harbor, died Sunday at Marin General Hospital. He was 88. --snip-- Mr. Holmes was an avid flier and career officer, but the high point in his career came in 1943 when he was a 25-year-old pilot flying P-38 Lightnings from an airfield on the island of Guadalcanal. The Army and Marines were battling the Japanese for control of the South Pacific. U.S. forces intercepted a message indicating that Adm. Isoruko Yamamoto would be flying to Bougainville island for an...