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trigger five is trigger 5 to lost contact with do what is your present course of speed over left to course 285 where the hell are you so I'm taking a shortcut for the cloud Bank open yeah between two Cloud Banks uh 270 what will I do come right to 3000 0 and you may intercept been trying to find him for the past 15 minutes can hear him but can't can't spot him Trier five over at that altitude is beyond radar range want him to climb up into the beam so we can get a blip no we can't waste any more time they'd be above the overcast anyway ad them resume search independently hello sugar 5 sugar 52 this is red base res independent search on a Stein course and altitude acknowledge over a sugar five will go out there a sugar 5 too will go out [Music] by yourself this is red base identify yourself and give position over this is Andrews you want to see it they're all over the ocean holy smoke I see our sugar five out here sir but we don't know where there's correct hello Andrews this is the group Commander what is your position what is your position my my position uh uh uh just a moment sir it's about uh well it's about uh it looks like about about latitude 5° 30 minutes north and uh uh longitude 152° 30 minutes east I think that's right sure there an awful lot of ships pass word to ready home there stand by the launch attack grout contact report hello am 30 minutes east 5 30 minutes latitude 152° and 30 minutes east longitude out that position ought to be about 50 Mi Northwest of our dead reckoning fix on Andrews you must have done a lot of wandering hello sh is a red base try to stand cloud cover don't lose visual contact what is enemy Fleet compos position course and speed over this is Andre again enemy course 0 0 making pretty good speed 20 n maybe only see one carrier but it's an awfully big one and there some Cruisers or battleships transports looks like 15 or so destroyers hey someone shooting at me come on put it back there fly control pass the word Pilots man your planes Pilots man your planes pilots and your [Music] plane stand by the start engine stand rare propell start [Music] [Music] engines [Music] [Music] [Music] hello Freddy this is John one shors 3 m east Angel 7 course 120 [Music] over [Music] Fox po Fox p hold it come back into [Music] [Music] formation the next time a pilot leads the fighter escort I'll shoot him down myself now this is the position given us by the Scout who made the contact report at 0638 it must be incorrect because in the next 90 minutes the Japs couldn't have made better than 30 mil and this point should have been the interception point the group commanders already formed a scotting line yes Admiral as soon as he reached the position and found no sign of the Jabs when that scouting pilot gets back check his plot and send him to me all I see if he gets back hello red base hello red base contact contact this is sugar five over go ahead sugar five this is red base over this is sugar five enemy Fleet longitude 53° 15 minutes east latitude 5° 2 0 minutes north repeat position longitude 1 5 3° 15 minutes east latitude 5° 2 0 minutes north beat back to me the position over 327 120 hello sugar five this is red base position longitude 153° 15 minutes east latitude 5° 20 minutes north over it's a sugar five that is correct enemy course 0 60 speed two 0 knots amplifying report follows this is Wilson out hello John hello John this is Freddy over go ahead Freddy this is John her sugar 5's contact report what do you figure my Vector hello John this is Freddy Vector 1 0 0 Vector 1 0 0 distance 45 mil distance 45 miles over exactly what I Meed Freddy 15 minutes away this is John out attention all Air Group attention all Air Group new Vector new [Music] vector [Music] [Music] [Music] ATT [Music] [Music] [Music] Mr rousi did you arm that bomb [Music] [Music] [Music] the carrier was caught flat-footed most of our planes on Deck she's completely knocked out three direct hits on the flight deck four torpedo hits she's on fire and exploding like a string of firecrackers she can't St float long one Cruiser's been sunk another's dead in the water and a third one collided with a Cann and they're both in bad shape the hellcats are working them over right now was that an SPD in the water Fox 21 bracket that that's it was Rossy say again Rossy new guy Roger John John this is Hank two 10,000 ton transport sank over here holy cow this is wonderful the Hellcat just sank another Tin Can Skipper Skipper there's a zero on my tail get him off will you look go gra that Cruiser again thanks Skipper damn guns game hello Mike I'll take this zero gas getting low box n let's make another run got a hydraulic Le but not serious hit that Cruiser again Peters come over here hey Bill stay with me kid stay with me get a dive flap up stupid hello Peters watch's that Cruiser AA saw birds get a hit I think I did too hello John hello John ammo zero ammo zero this is John clear the air clear the air red base this is John attack completed over hello John this is arthor well done this is John thank you sir arth red group this is John Rondo 12:00 Ru 12:00 station four I [Music] I hold your you're fireman it's a [Music] friendly [Music] signal bch to send that Aviator the carrier task force pairing in distance on the blinker by I I guess that airdale can't read I'll have to show [Music] [Applause] him [Music] [Applause] [Music] see jaes here West 30 minutes dead men can't vote twice that's oh Gentlemen We conclude today's performance after this routine navigation hop and during which we have done nothing but discover the entire Japanese Navy and enable our colleagues to sink it we are now heading for home on a collision course you are practically in the sack right now I thank [Music] you [Music] [Applause] all the planes in the attack group have either been recovered or accounted for except one Hellcat the Pilot's name is Peters but we're getting a blip with an ifff indication about 60 Mi Northeast and another blip without if very close to there those indications are emerging sir looks though your Mr Peters may have found himself a bandit hello red bit this is Fox 23 call Ho One Bandit [Music] [Music] oh the two blips have merged sir looks like one aircraft and there's no F showing Peters must have been shot down hello red Bas hello red Bas this is Fox 23 Grand Slam one C what the hell goes on out this Commander I got a Tony what happened I got a Tony Commander so I heard but what happened well sir I got separated from my division during the attack and I overshot point option but I refigured my nav and I was on my way home when all of a sudden I spotted a Tony well sir I I made a High Sight on him and he went down in flames and after you shot him down you turned off your iff iff oh no sir I I didn't turn it off I guess I didn't have it on in the first place I see tell me about this Tony you've shot down I've never seen one I guess that never knew what hit him I had a couple of thousand feet altitude advantage on him visibility no it's a very poor visibility and he kept ducking in between a couple of big clouds but you spotted him right away quick cronia that's right sir how how well you know that straight Leading Edge and the big oil cooler under the nose that it yes sir that's it that was a P40 [Applause] [Music] [Applause] now you know why you're here you're taking the place of those six men who still might be sitting in the game if they hadn't tried to Bluff without holding even a single pair I knew them I told you that I knew they weren't going to make the grade because they had one fundamental thing wrong with them every one of them they figured that operational training was 8 weeks of school it isn't it's where you'll learn to be a Naval aviator a combat pilot they thought that you could wait until you got to the fleet before you learned your business that's like trying to fill an inside straight I could have told them that when they came aboard it was too late then and it's too late now for you I wish I could have told you that on the day you ended operational training because then I could have made Christians out of you now you're on your own and I only hope you've got religion this is a tough game the elements are against you the sea is against you the enemy is against you I wish to God I could tell you that on the day you enter operational training because then I could make you understand that today another guy is entering operational training and he's tough competition he doesn't skip blinker he doesn't drow through navigation he's good on tactics and smart on gunary runs he knows his plane and it's a good plane gentleman whether it's a hat bazique or a Tony sure he's a this competitor of yours who entered operational training today and don't kid yourself that your 2.8 is going to stack up against his [Music] [Applause] 3.9