[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

"On these islands, seaplane bases would be established and radar would be set up to provide advance air warning for the invasion fleet"

My father was a USN Crew Chief for a PBY (Patrol Boat Plane, aka sitting duck.) He had orders to leave for Okinawa in Mid August. The bomb probably saved his life. My thanks to Einstein and Fermi!

[Eclectica]

My father was a USN Crew Chief for a PBY (Patrol Boat Plane, aka sitting duck.)

My dad was a pilot in VP-11, also a PBY. (Although they added four .50 caliber in the nose—to be fired with the gunner straddling them!)