Also worth remembering the fourteen pilots who managed to get airborne while under fire at Pearl Harbor. On a day when nobody would have blamed them for staying under cover or fighting from the ground, they ran then flew to the sound of the guns.
http://www.defensemedianetwork.com/stories/the-few-who-got-up/
http://www.defensemedianetwork.com/stories/pearl-harbor-the-army-air-forces-fight-back/
Yes indeed.