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Originally posted by blocula
reply to post by eriktheawful
Thanks for posting those awesome photos.The airplanes sure "look" japanese,dont they? But in reality, we do not know where they were really made and we do not know who actually made them.Countries sell eachother their military hardware all the time and japanese airplane blueprints would have been more than easy for the american government,military high command and spies to obtain throughout the 1930's and for the right price,certain japanese people would have willingly and happily sold the usa the blueprints for a couple of their airplane designs and the american ptb wouldnt have cared at all what the cost was,especially since they would have been spending the mainstreams legally extorted tax dollars to get them...
edit on 15-4-2012 by blocula because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by blocula
reply to post by AngryCymraeg
American aircraft carriers during world war-2,were capable of carrying about 90 airplanes and so the conveniently missing from pearl harbor aircraft carriers lexington and enterprise,would have easily been able to carry around 150 airplanes,more than enough to have attacked and bombed pearl harbor...
edit on 15-4-2012 by blocula because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by SayonaraJupiter
So let me get this straight. Let's go back in time a bit.
It's December 8th, 1941. Pearl Harbor has just been surprise attacked by the Japanese.
4 Battleships are sunk;
188 U.S. aircraft were destroyed;
2,402 Americans were killed;
And people are out collecting souvenirs from downed Japanese planes because they don't have anything more pressing to do??
Can you imagine the conversation?
"Oh, Betty. The Japs hit us real hard yesterday. I should go see if I can grab some souvenirs."
"I'll tag along with you, Ralph. I always wanted to cut a tail marking off a Mitsubishi Zero."
The interesting thing about the Type 1-3 is that it was a copy of the Fairchild Aero Compass, manufactured in New York by the Fairchild Aerial Camera division of Fairchild Aircraft Company. The Zero coded AI-154, which was shot down at Fort Kamehmeha during the Pearl Harbor attack had a Fairchild-built direction finder Model RC-4, serial number 484 installed in it, as did the Zero, which was captured in the Aleutian Islands seven months later. Source www.j-aircraft.com...
The japanese zero was captured in the aleutian islands? seven months earlier,than what? pearl harbor? which would make the date of the airplanes capture around may 1941,but the japanese campaign in the aleutian islands didnt start until june 1942...
Originally posted by SayonaraJupiter
The interesting thing about the Type 1-3 is that it was a copy of the Fairchild Aero Compass, manufactured in New York by the Fairchild Aerial Camera division of Fairchild Aircraft Company. The Zero coded AI-154, which was shot down at Fort Kamehmeha during the Pearl Harbor attack had a Fairchild-built direction finder Model RC-4, serial number 484 installed in it, as did the Zero, which was captured in the Aleutian Islands seven months later. Source www.j-aircraft.com...
In caroming off he struck several men who were in the road. One man was completely decapitated. Another man apparently (had) been hit by the prop, because his legs and arms and head were off, lying right on the grass. The pilot was dead, as I said, in the plane. After the wounded had been tended to and the Japanese attack was over, guards were established to protect the wreckage. However, souveniring the crash remains occurred. Later in the afternoon the body of HIRANO was removed and during the evening, the various Zero components and remains were gathered and prepared for transport to Hickam Field the next day.
Wreckage
The crashing Zero killed four men on the ground, who were taking cover behind the building, including: Cpl Claude L. Bryant, Pvt Eugene Bubb, Pvt Donat George Duquette, Jr. and Pfc Oreste DeTorre.
Immediately, American servicemen took souvenirs from the crashed Zero, including the pilot's pistol, dataplates and pieces of the aircraft. A map was found and relayed to intelligence, and used in an attempt to locate the Japanese carriers. Source www.pacificwrecks.com...
Eyewitness accounts also confirm that Takeshi’s body remained in the cockpit when the Kam Zero came to rest.
“The men on the strip in Hickam shot down one of the Zeros. When it fell, it hit one of the machine shops on Fort Kam killing five men. About a half hour later, I was ordered to leave the 50 caliber and go to the large coastal
guns where I was in charge of the range section. As we went by the machine shop, I walked over and looked at the dead Jap pilot. He had a scarf around his neck that I would have liked to had, but the area was under guard so I
had to leave it” (Carl Loughborough). josiedad.files.wordpress.com...
I wonder who those souvenir collecting american servicemen really were? Military Intelligence? FBI?
Originally posted by SayonaraJupiter
reply to post by blocula
It's the most bizarre thing I can think of. It just doesn't make sense.
Wreckage
The crashing Zero killed four men on the ground, who were taking cover behind the building, including: Cpl Claude L. Bryant, Pvt Eugene Bubb, Pvt Donat George Duquette, Jr. and Pfc Oreste DeTorre.
Immediately, American servicemen took souvenirs from the crashed Zero, including the pilot's pistol, dataplates and pieces of the aircraft. A map was found and relayed to intelligence, and used in an attempt to locate the Japanese carriers. Source www.pacificwrecks.com...
It doesn't make sense that Pearl Harbor was under attack!!! while certain people (key witnesses?) were out to get souvenirs before the bodies were even cleaned up.
Originally posted by blocula
The japanese zero was captured in the aleutian islands? seven months earlier,than what? pearl harbor? which would make the date of the airplanes capture around may 1941,but the japanese campaign in the aleutian islands didnt start until june 1942...edit on 15-4-2012 by blocula because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by blocula
I wonder who those souvenir collecting american servicemen really were? Military Intelligence? FBI?
Why didnt the americans use their long range patrol airplanes to try and locate the japanese fleet?
They couldnt,because all long range patrols by united states pby airplanes from the aleutian islands were ordered stopped a couple of days before pearl harbor was attacked and their flying patrols were never ordered to cease for any reason before...
edit on 15-4-2012 by blocula because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by AngryCymraeg
Originally posted by blocula
I wonder who those souvenir collecting american servicemen really were? Military Intelligence? FBI?
Why didnt the americans use their long range patrol airplanes to try and locate the japanese fleet?
They couldnt,because all long range patrols by united states pby airplanes from the aleutian islands were ordered stopped a couple of days before pearl harbor was attacked and their flying patrols were never ordered to cease for any reason before...
edit on 15-4-2012 by blocula because: (no reason given)
This is total gibberish. Why on earth would the US try and fight Japanese fleet with PBYs from the Aleutian islands? That was far, far out of the range of even a PBY! What? Eh?
Maybe the OSS? LOL! Split Infinity