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Originally Posted by Kptlt. Hellmut Neuerburg
...now intel wants me to photograph an IJN carrier force that is in Rabaul and its mid 1943  ! I have a very bad feeling about this if it was '41 or '42 I wouldn't mind but going there now is almost like getting the death sentance as its now the main IJN base in that part of the PTO. It would seem like the brass want to be rid of me.  |
LOL! Now this is funny! We're there on December 4, 1943...
Here's a page from my "logbook" at closing time last night:
Went from Brisbane Command to Pearl for a major overhaul - new paintjob, new radars, engines "fixed" and what not...
First order out of Pearl: same as yours!
Weather was fine with medium fog and a light breeze, so we took the trip surfaced up the strait in the morning light. Plan is to go deep into the bay and wait for darkness. A destroyer is patrolling the entrance... must probably take him out first...
Perhaps I should wait until I hear your experience - if we are ever to hear from you again?
