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To: yarddog

As a kid in the early 50’s I remember watching a show about the raid and the training for it, it may have been “Victory at Sea” but not sure.

They practiced at an Air Force base somewhere and had stripes painted across the runway, they must have allowed a little extra runway length for the speed of the carrier pointed into the wind.


12 posted on 09/05/2015 4:34:06 PM PDT by jazusamo (0bama to go 'full-Mussolini' after elections: Mark Levin....and the turkey has.)
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To: jazusamo

Yes they trained at Field 2 out in the middle of nowhere at Eglin AFB.


14 posted on 09/05/2015 4:45:35 PM PDT by yarddog (Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
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To: jazusamo

Watch “Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo.”


19 posted on 09/05/2015 7:03:03 PM PDT by MisterArtery
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