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DrRox:
--- Quote from: apskip on April 16, 2012, 10:53:18 AM ---
Another is US Army Barracks at Hickam Field.
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Do you, by any chance, mean Schofield Barracks? They are not located at Hickam Field. They are located next to Wheeler Field, about 2/3 the way to the north shore up the central valley of Oahu. It is the main garrison base for the US Army in Hawaii, established in about 1905 and home to the USArmy's 25th Division since before WWII. It was attacked by the Japanese on Dec 7, 1941. Wheeler Field was the first target of the Japanese fliers, to prevent the fighter aircraft from interfering with the attack later on of Pearl Harbor.
Schofield Barracks is only about 3-4 miles from that Dole maze, btw.
apskip:
Dr. Rox,
I meant what I said, Hickam Barracks. Here is an official account: "Many men were killed at Hickam when the Japanese bombed their barracks." Now, you are quiet right that Wheeler Field was also attacked as well as the major damage at Hickam. The website reference for the Naval Historical Heritage command for anyone interested in doing their own research is:
http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/events/wwii-pac/pearlhbr/ph-air.htm
Here are the captions on a group of photos about 12/7/1941 that are online:
Photo #: NH 50473
Pearl Harbor Attack, 7 December 1941
Planes and hangars burning at Wheeler Army Air Field, Oahu, soon after it was attacked in the morning of 7 December 1941, as seen from a Japanese Navy plane.
Donation of Theodore Hutton, 1942.
NHHC Photograph.
Online Image: 117KB; 740 x 550
Photo #: 80-G-21217
Pearl Harbor Raid, 7 December 1941
Wheeler Air Field and Schofield Barracks under attack, as seen from a Japanese Navy plane.
Most of the smoke comes from planes burning on the Wheeler Field apron in the center.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, National Archives collection.
Online Image: 86KB; 740 x 610
Reproductions may also be available at National Archives
Photo #: 80-G-32896
Pearl Harbor Attack, 7 December 1941
U.S. Army aircraft destroyed by Japanese raiders at Wheeler Air Field. Photographed later in the day on 7 December 1941, following the end of the attacks.
Wreckage includes at least one P-40 and a twin-engine amphibian. Note the wrecked hangar in the background.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, National Archives collection.
Online Image: 128KB; 740 x 605
Reproductions may also be available at National Archives
Photo #: 80-G-32906
Pearl Harbor Attack, 7 December 1941
Men examine the burned-out wreckage of a P-40 pursuit aircraft, near Hangar 4 at Wheeler Air Field, following the end of the Japanese raid on 7 December 1941.
Note long blast tubes for the plane's nose machine guns.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, National Archives collection.
Online Image: 130KB; 740 x 605
Reproductions may also be available at National Archives
Photo #: SC 134872
Pearl Harbor Attack, 7 December 1941
Destroyed U.S. Army aircraft at Wheeler Field, Oahu, during post-attack cleanup activities.
P-40 pursuit planes are among the types present.
Photograph from Army Signal Corps Collection, National Archives.
Online Image: 101KB; 740 x 600
National Archives
Photo #: 80-G-21218
Pearl Harbor Raid, 7 December 1941
Japanese Navy Type 97 Carrier Attack Plane ("Kate") flies high over Hickam Army Air Field during the attack. Pearl Harbor is in the background, with smoke rising from burning ships off Ford Island and at the Navy Yard.
Photographed from a Japanese plane.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, National Archives collection.
Online Image: 105KB; 740 x 610
Reproductions may also be available at National Archives
Photo #: NH 50931
Pearl Harbor Attack, 7 December 1941
Torpedo planes attack "Battleship Row" at about 0800 on 7 December, seen from a Japanese aircraft. Ships are, from lower left to right: Nevada (BB-36) with flag raised at stern; Arizona (BB-39) with Vestal (AR-4) outboard; Tennessee (BB-43) with West Virginia (BB-48) outboard; Maryland (BB-46) with Oklahoma (BB-37) outboard; Neosho (AO-23) and California (BB-44).
West Virginia, Oklahoma and California have been torpedoed, as marked by ripples and spreading oil, and the first two are listing to port. Torpedo drop splashes and running tracks are visible at left and center.
White smoke in the distance is from Hickam Field. Grey smoke in the center middle distance is from the torpedoed USS Helena (CL-50), at the Navy Yard's 1010 dock.
Japanese writing in lower right states that the image was reproduced by authorization of the Navy Ministry.
NHHC Photograph
Online Image: 144KB; 740 x 545
Photo #: SC 127002
Pearl Harbor Attack, 7 December 1941
A U.S. Army B-17E at Hickam Air Field, after landing safely during the Japanese air raid. In the background is a B-17C (or B-17D). Smoke from burning ships at Pearl Harbor is visible in the distance.
The B-17E is probably that piloted by First Lieutenant Karl T. Barthelmess.
Photographer may be Staff Sergeant Lee Embree.
Photograph from Army Signal Corps Collection, National Archives.
Online Image: 103KB; 740 x 605
Reproductions may also be available at National Archives
Photo #: 80-G-32915
Pearl Harbor Attack, 7 December 1941
Wrecked Army Air Corps B-17C (serial # 40-2074) bomber near Hangar # 5 at Hickam Air Field, following the end of the Japanese raid. This plane, piloted by Captain Raymond T. Swenson, was one of those that arrived during the raid after flying in from California. It was hit by a strafing attack after landing and burned in half.
Note Note bicycle parked by the plane. Pith helmet by the case in the left foreground indicates that the photographer was Tai Sing Loo.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, National Archives cooection.
Online Image: 109KB; 740 x 600
Reproductions may also be available at National Archives
Photo #: SC 176626
Pearl Harbor Attack, 7 December 1941
Bomb damage to Hangars 15-17 and 11-13 at Hickam Field, Oahu, at 5PM on 7 December 1941. In the right foreground is a machine gun emplacement in a bomb crater.
A Douglas B-18 bomber is visible inside the badly damaged hangar.
Photograph from the Army Signal Corps Collection in the U.S. National Archives.
Online Image: 113KB; 740 x 600
Note that the captions above reference 5 shots of Wheeler/Schofield and 5 of Hickam.
Dånooky:
Question: what are the chances of one of the India legs being a KRL (Keep Racing Leg)?
Declive:
--- Quote from: Dånooky on April 17, 2012, 04:52:52 PM ---Question: what are the chances of one of the India legs being a KRL (Keep Racing Leg)?
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Cochin is VERY close from Kerala , i just realized that.
Declive:
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