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The big , clumsy flying boat was plowing along at 40 knots , struggling to become
airborne , when a banca loomed dead ahead in the murk . Pilot Harmon T . Utter
kicked the rudder over hard to miss the boat . The plane heeled sharply and ...
The big , clumsy flying boat was plowing along at 40 knots , struggling to become
airborne , when a banca loomed dead ahead in the murk . Pilot Harmon T . Utter
kicked the rudder over hard to miss the boat . The plane heeled sharply and ...
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He was very anxious to wait for the submarine to pick us up rather than continue
on the PT boat , ” Rockwell told de Bausset . “ He finally agreed to continue in the
PT , but he turned to General Sutherland , his chief of staff , and said , ' Dick , I ...
He was very anxious to wait for the submarine to pick us up rather than continue
on the PT boat , ” Rockwell told de Bausset . “ He finally agreed to continue in the
PT , but he turned to General Sutherland , his chief of staff , and said , ' Dick , I ...
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Tailed by one four - engined flying boat . Requested air support . One P - 40
showed up . Antiaircraft bursts fired to indicate location and presence of enemy
flying boat . Run made by flying boat at about 10 , 000 feet . No bombs dropped .
Tailed by one four - engined flying boat . Requested air support . One P - 40
showed up . Antiaircraft bursts fired to indicate location and presence of enemy
flying boat . Run made by flying boat at about 10 , 000 feet . No bombs dropped .
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| Title | Cruise of the Lanikai: Incitement to War |
| Author | Kemp Tolley |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Krieger Publishing Company, 1982 |
| Original from | Indiana University |
| Digitized | 7 Nov 2008 |
| ISBN | 0898745268, 9780898745269 |
| Length | 345 pages |
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