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Secrets of the Dead - dogfight Guadalcanal
Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 2:34 pm
by warhawker
I dont know if anyone caught this show last night on PBS about a famous biographical dogfight between a Navy Helcat, piloted by Southerland, and a Japanese Zero, piloted by Sakai, over the skys of Guadalcanal. The investigation and detailed on the pilots, aircraft,tactics and discovery of the crash site are worthly!
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/secrets/case_do ... index.html
As well there is a metion of a organization that seek out wreck sites in the Pacific for their history and current projects
http://www.pacificghosts.com/index.html
Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 3:27 pm
by tkjaer21
I didn't get to see it, but that websight is very cool.
Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 5:25 pm
by STUKA
ok so the guy had a bullet go through his eye and brain and lived to write about the story post war?
Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2007 8:55 am
by warhawker
STUKA wrote:ok so the guy had a bullet go through his eye and brain and lived to write about the story post war?
Yes that is correct! the way that the bullet hit the canopy slowed down enough that the it went through his head without causing him to die on the spot! In fact, in the show he talked about how the event happened and how he happen to land his aircraft back at a Japanese airbase. As well, there are B&W photos of him being pulled from the aircraft with blood coming out of his head where the bullet went in. These two stories were well documented by both side with photos, eye witnesses (no punt intended!) and the actual wreckage proof of this valent dog fight in the air! An amazing story.
Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 7:55 pm
by Rogue
Damn, I missed it!
You didn't record it did you?
PBS Secrets of the Dead: Dogfight Over Guadalcanal
Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2007 11:10 am
by jaywhy8202
Check with your local PBS affiliate's listings for repeat airings -- especially during overnights.
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/secrets/case_do ... index.html
This program also airs on affiliates that broadcast PBS HD.
Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 5:56 am
by pickelhaube
Those guys were tough in those days. On a personal note. I got a paper cut the other day. It hurt real bad.
Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2007 10:37 am
by Rowsdower
Knowing the Japanese, that guy was probably an early combat cyborg. Just lost some coolant.
But seriously, wow.
Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 1:52 pm
by Fox Tare-28
Rowsdower wrote:Knowing the Japanese, that guy was probably an early combat cyborg. Just lost some coolant.
But seriously, wow.
Like that one Spartan said in 300, "It's just an eye."
Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 7:33 pm
by Rowsdower
Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 11:45 pm
by immeww2
Amazing reading!!
