Oh, jeez. Are will still blaming this man for an understandable interpretation of fuzzy information provided by new and imprecise technology? If we tallied the blunders made by the US leading up to and including that fateful day, in order of significance, this man’s decision would rank about 2,000th. His “error” might have cost a few lives. Roosevelt’s caused a couple thousand.
Don’t worry about it.
Agreed. That, and the fact that the Japs were coming in on a heading only a few degrees different from the expected B-17s.