Boeing B17 Her Did

Marcin Trzcinski · Issue 75, Nov/Dec 2013 · pp. 51–55

Products mentioned: Nikon D300, Nikkor 10-24 f/3.5-4.5 lens, Hugyfot housing, Ikelite DS160 strobe

Hickam Field, Hawaii, December 7, 1941 Well, at seven fifty-five in the morning, we heard a low flying plane come over the barracks and all of a sudden the whole island shook. So, we all dashed to the window and here is a plane making a climbing left turn. We had never seen one before, but on the wing there was the Japanese mark of the Rising Sun. Instinctively, we knew what it was and from then on all hell broke loose! They bombed the ships in the harbor. They bombed the planes. They bombed the hangers. They bombed the barracks and they would bomb and then they would come in and strafe. So anything that was moving they would fire on. Having the planes lined up nice and pretty, which was the military style...it doesn’t look good to have a plane over here and over there. When they’re lined up they look pretty, so out the door...right down there...pull the trigger and get ‘em all! We made …