One of the first American offensives of the war. On 1 February 1942 (local time,ģ1 January in CONUS), she and her air group attacked Japanese installations on the Marshall Islands, To Bob Koch, FTG2, who pointed this out.)Įnterprise's first damage of the war. (From Theīig E: The Story of the USS Enterprise, by Commander Edward P. This action took place in early February 1942, after aircraft fromĮnterprise, operating as part of VADM Halsey's Task Force Eight, attacked Wotje, Maloelap,Īdmiral Halsey saw this battle between the man and the Japanese plane and, after it was over, promoted Off the tail of Gaido's plane, three feet from where he sat, struck the edge of the flight deck, and Twin machine guns towards the incoming Betty and fired.
Machinist's Mate 2/Class, jumped into the rear seat of the parked Dauntless, swung the plane's Theīomber then turned and dived on USS Enterprise (CV-6). Mitsubishi G4M Betty bomber that had been damaged by defending Wildcat fighters. This Douglas SBD Dauntless had its tail sheared off by the wing of a Japanese USS Enterprise (CV-6) underway circa 1942, location unknown. Naval History & Heritage Command photo, # NH 124511. Admiralīurke was assigned to First Carrier Task Force Pacific, March 1944–May 1945. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) photo,Ĭopy of the photo above, autographed by ADM Arleigh Burke. The wartime censor has removed the radar antennas. USS Enterprise (CV-6) departing Pearl Harbor, 1941–42 (probably earlyġ942). Pilots killed there that morning would also be remembered, which we hope will happen soon." "I know that people in Japan that I have been in contact with would also appreciate that Japanese I believeįunds could be raised from US Veteran groups and in Japan for this marker-monument, with coordination "We believe that there should be a monument-marker placed there that describes this historic Decemberħ, 1941 air battle and the names of the American and Japanese killed there in the crashes. Amazingly, one of the most famous photos of this air battle and resultingĬrashes was captured by an Army photographer in a passing B-17 attempting to land at Hickam Field." Army P-40B Warhawks shot down JapaneseĪichi Vals while Japanese Zero's engaged several US Navy SBD's over the shoreline and What is today known as Ewa, Oahu, near One'ula Beach. "This action was the largest air battle of the Pearl Harbor attack which actually took place over Inġ941 the area was a thick forest of Kiawe trees." The crash area again as seen in the photo, which is near to the main golf country club building. "Using documents, maps, air photos, etc obtained from National Archives, I have been able to locate "The crash site itself was also lost as decades later a golf course was constructed on the propertyĪfter presumably all of the visible crash wreckage had been removed by the military." Both of them fell and burned a half mile southĪnd east of Ewa." Vogt's SBD-2 crashed near the intersection ofīelt Road and Ewa Beach Road neither Vogt nor Sid Pierce had gotten out. Larkin, USMC, CO, MAG-21, later testified: "We saw one of these EnterpriseĪirplanes and one Japanese airplane collide in the air. They are still there-PO2c Koreyoshi Sotoyama, pilot and radioman, Flyer 1c Hajime Murao." LTCOL Claude A. "The US Navy air crew were recovered later, however an Army patrol buried the badly burned JapaneseĪir crew in an unmarked grave near the crash site and the location was lost due to the rough coral No altitude to bail out, killing all four in both planes." The two planesĬrashed next to each other because they were tightly engaged and one apparently struck the other, with "Th famous photo,, shows the crash site of a US Navy SBD with two crew membersĪnd also the crash of a Japanese Aichi Val dive bomber with two crew members. National Archives (photo # 80-G-463357) USS ENTERPRISE (CV-6) Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the U.S.
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