... unlike the 02,242 who came to divert to Siberia, all other B-25 - or fifteen devices - continue the mission as planned, which, after having crossed the east-west Japan, has finally lead up 'China in after another long flight over the East China Sea
This plan, remember, also plans to land the B-25 in Zhejiang Province , and on a secure site and prepared by supporters of Chiang Kai-shek ... but the problem is that the said plan is totally unworkable!
It is primarily a question of timing as airplanes, as we have seen, took off with about ten hours ahead of schedule, so that nobody in the ground, not s is waiting to see happen ... and even less a series of foul-ups, but also radio silence imposed by Halsey, prevented any communication of this schedule change.
is then a question of weather : Perfect at the time of the bombing, it will only continue to deteriorate thereafter and as we approach the Chinese territory, so that when the first B-25 - that of Doolittle - addresses the Chinese coast, after twelve hours, conditions have become infected, and it is now dark.
And finally there, and especially the problem of fuel: off with 300 to 400 miles farther than planned, the B-25 have also extended their flight time of one to two hours, and consumed gasoline they might be able to find land on which to land safely ...
It is primarily a question of timing as airplanes, as we have seen, took off with about ten hours ahead of schedule, so that nobody in the ground, not s is waiting to see happen ... and even less a series of foul-ups, but also radio silence imposed by Halsey, prevented any communication of this schedule change.
is then a question of weather : Perfect at the time of the bombing, it will only continue to deteriorate thereafter and as we approach the Chinese territory, so that when the first B-25 - that of Doolittle - addresses the Chinese coast, after twelve hours, conditions have become infected, and it is now dark. And finally there, and especially the problem of fuel: off with 300 to 400 miles farther than planned, the B-25 have also extended their flight time of one to two hours, and consumed gasoline they might be able to find land on which to land safely ...
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