Tsunami at Martaban

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So, the CO decided we were gonna sweep Martaban and its harbor. Not his best idea. When we got there, the place was crawling with Oscar's. I had to dive to the deck and save my hide, and when I got there I decided to take a few pics of the harbor.

 

When we got back and developed the film, we noticed that one pic was taken just second before a really beeg tsunami wasted the harbor and the town.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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So, the next mission we sweep Moulmein Airfield. You can just see Moulmein and the Harbor below. The city, harbor, and field all have AAA guns.

 

I just took the KS-19 and cloned it to make a M1 (USAAF) and a J1 (JapanWW2).   They all use the same model.

 

 

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It wasn't long until we did a joint mission with the Flying Tigers. We decided to sweep Chowmein Field. The old Tak Airfield was beyond the invisible edge of the world, so it had to re-located near the village of Chomein. Hence its new name.

 

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So, I requested a transfer to the USN. It was granted in June 1942. Just in time for the Midway thingy. I was stationed at Sand Island, when we were notified to intercept a flock of D3A1 Vals that was going to attack a convoy of cargo ships on its way from Oahu to Welles Harbor. 

 

The Vals were sitting ducks. But they had a few Zekes with em.