Reply #2 on: March 19, 2021, 03:56:26 PM
The US aviators had a long learning curve after Pearl Harbor. Peace time practices had to be left. Behind.
You might enjoy Lindstrom's The First Team. It is probably too detailed for a casual reader.
"These things must be done delicately-- or you hurt the spell." - The Wicked Witch of the West.
"We've got the torpedo damage temporarily shored up, the fires out and soon will have the ship back on an even keel. But I would suggest, sir, that if you have to take any more torpedoes, you take 'em on the starboard side." Pops Healy, DCA USS Lexington.