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Re: Formosa 1942 Need Info
From December 8, 1941: MacArthur's Pearl Harbor
The IJAīs 5th Hikoshidan had 192 a/c but only the 8th Sentai(Ki-48?) and 14th Sentai(Ki-21?) participated in the attack on the two satellite fields you mentioned.
From the Takao air base 71 twin engines bombers(G4M) and 54(?) A6Mwere to take of pre dawn and attack Nichols and Clark. The latter was also to be attacked by 27 twin engine bombers(G3M) and 36 A6M based at Tainan air base.
Time of attack is 6:30 for the bombers from Tainan, take off time was 1:30 for the G3M and 2:30 for the faster G4M.
Dec.7th, around 11pm: Tainan base reports “thick fog” that prevents planes from take off. A staff officer send to that base said the visibility was “one meter”. At Takao the skies were clear. When the officer returned to the HQ the fog had also enveloped Tainan. At 1:30 the take off was delayed to 4:00.
At 7:50 the fog began to clear and the planeīs take off was set at 8:15 and 9:15, meaning they would arrive over their targets around 12:30. Theoretically the B-17īs could have been over the Japanese bases from 7:00 onwards.
The army base had a bit fog trouble too, the TO was delayed from 4:00 to 5:21.
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