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Iyo inorema cruiser USS Louisville (CA-28) ichibva kuFist Bay paAdak Island muna Kubvumbi 1943.
Husiku hwaiuya hwaisareva kuti vanhu vekuAmerica vazorore muhondo yeAleutian Islands. Zvaityiwa zvakakodzera kuti kurwisa kukuru kwemuvengi kwaizoitika mumazuva aiuya, saka yaifanira kuona vatakuri vendege dzeJapan vasati vatangazve kushanda kwemhepo. Pamusoro peCatalines akati wandei, mabhomba emauto akatumirwawo pakufamba kwehusiku. Seizvo vashandi vavo vakarangarira, mamiriro okunze anouraya akatonga pamusoro peAlaska neAleutian Islands usiku ihwohwo. Vaviri Catalinas, vatyairirwe neNavy Second Lieutenants Gene Cusick naEugene Stockstone, avo vasina kuratidza zviratidzo zvehupenyu uye vainzi vakarasika pamwe chete nevashandi vavo, havana kupona kuburikidza nedutu.
Rally yechipiri paDutch Harbor - June 4th.
Kukundwa kwetambo kwakatyorwa nechikepe chaibhururuka chaitungamirirwa nemutakuri wemureza Marshall K. Frirks. Na6:50 akanga ari mumhepo kwemaawa masere uye akabuda mudutu pasina kukanganiswa kukuru. Parwendo rwekudzoka anenge mamaira 160 maodzanyemba kwakadziva kumadokero kweUmnak, ASV radar sikirini yakasangana nechinhu chisingazivikanwi chiri pamusoro pemvura. VaFrears vaiziva kuti hazvaigona kuva chitsuwa kana chikepe cheAmerica, saka akasarudza kudzikisa nzvimbo uye kuongorora nzvimbo yacho. Kukushamisika kwake, akamhanya akananga mu2 Kido Butai, asi maJapan mayuniti pachawo haana kumuwana.
Ngarava inoputa yekuNorthwestern mushure mekurohwa nebhomba remuchadenga.
IAmerica yakakurumidza kutumira shoko kunheyo pamusoro pemutakuri wendege imwe uye vaparadzi vaviri vane coordination 50 ° 07'N 171 ° 14'W, vachifamba nenzira ye150 °. Mushure mekusimbisa kuti meseji yakagamuchirwa, Catalina aifanira kuramba akatarisana neboka reJapan. Pasati papera awa imwe chete gare gare, Frirks akarairwa kuti adzoke kunzvimbo naPatrol Wing Command. Zvisinei, asati asiya muvengi, American akasarudza kuedza mhanza yake uye bhomba mumwe Japanese zvikepe. Kupinda kwake hakuna kubudirira zvachose, uye iye pachake akarasikirwa neimwe yeinjini kubva kumoto unorwisa ndege.
Mushure me2nd Kido Butai Frirks Catalina aifanira kuzorodzwa, akaedzwa naNavy Lieutenant Charles E. Perkins, uyo akabva kuDutch Harbor. Panguva ino, chikepe chaibhururuka chakanga chine torpedo imwe uye maviri 227 kg mabhomba kuitira kuti iwane mukana wekusvika kure nemuvengi. Kuma 11:00, Perkins akaronda boka reJapan ndokuudza kunheyo kuona kwemutakuri wendege imwe, vatyairi vaviri vanorema 215° 165 mamaira kubva kuDutch Harbor, pa360° kosi. Catalina aifanira kuronda wechipiri Kido Butai kusvika mabhomba eAllied asvika. Zvakadaro, kunonoka kutapurirana kweradiograph kwaireva kuti gumi nembiri B-2As kubva kuCold Bay neUmnak dzakanonoka kusimuka zvinodarika awa.
SaFryrky, Perkins aidawo kuyedza rombo rake uye akarovera Catalina kurwisa Junyo. MaJapan haana kuita seakashamisika uye akavhura moto unorwisa ndege. Imwe yekuputika kwakaparadza injini yakarurama yechikepe chinobhururuka, icho chakarasikirwa nekugadzikana kwechinguva. Perkins aive nesarudzo: enderera nzira yekuzviuraya kana kusiya. Pasina kuisa upenyu hwevashandi pangozi, muAmerica akadonhedza torpedo uye mabhomba ose mumvura, mushure mokunge anyangarika mugore remvura inopisa. Paakava nechokwadi chokuti akanga asiri kutandaniswa nevarwi vokuJapan, akadururawo matangi ake epeturu kuti asvike pakadzika injini imwe chete yaimhanya.
Vatanhatu B-26As kubva kuUmnak, vachitungamirwa naKaputeni Owen Mils, havana kukwanisa kuwana vatakuri veJapan zvichibva pane zvinyorwa kubva kumateregiramu aivepo. Hapana wemabhomba aive akashongedzerwa radar, uye Perkins 'Catalina aive atodzokera kumashure. Mamiriro ekunze aichinja zvakare akaita kuti anzwe. Kunaya kwemvura uye mhute yakakora zvakaita kuti zviome kutsvaga nezviridzwa. Nzira chete yakachengeteka yaiva yekugara pamusoro pemakore, asi pasi pemamiriro ezvinhu akadaro, kuwana ngarava pamusoro pemvura yaiva chishamiso. Maminitsi aitevera akapera Mils aive asina imwe sarudzo kunze kwekudzokera kumashure.
Rwendo rwekubhomba kuCold Bay rwakanga rwakati kurei. Nhanhatu. B-26A ichitungamirwa naColonel William aive nechido
Baba Irekson vakanga vakapakatira torpedoes pakuraira kwevashandi vengarava. Mushure mokusimuka, boka racho, hongu, rakananga kunzvimbo yakaratidzwa naPerkins, asi muchiitiko ichi, zvakare, mhute yakasvibira yakaita kuti inzwe. Ndege dzeAmerica dzakarasikirwa nekuonana uye dzaifanira kuwedzera urefu hwadzo kuti dzidzorere. Kunyange zvazvo kukwira kwacho kwakatora maminetsi mashomanene chete, bhomba rakabhombwa naKaputeni George Thornbrough rakarasika mukuita ikoku. Sezvo ari iye ega weboka, akasarudza kuenderera mberi nebasa rake uye akaramba achitsvaga vatakuri vendege dzeJapan. Fate sezviri pachena akapa mubayiro kutsungirira kwake sezvaakakurumidza kuwana wechipiri Kido Butai.
Ne torpedo imwe chete, Thornbrough akaziva kuti uyu waive mukana wakasarudzika. Zviri pachena kuti akanga asina nzvimbo yakakwana uye nguva yekurwisa torpedo, saka akafunga kunyura. MuAmerica aitarisira kuti panguva ino aigona kupa torpedo uye kuishandisa sebhomba. Akasarudza mutakuri wendege yeRyujo sechinangwa chake, vashandi vayo vakakurumidza kuona kutyisidzira. Atillery yekurwisa ndege yakatinhira, asi nguva yakange yanonoka kusimudza Zero mudenga kuti ivhare ndege yemuvengi. Thornbrough akacheuka zvine simba ndokuzviona akatarisana nedivi remutakuri wendege. MaJapan akanga asina simba sezvaamboita, vaigona kungovimba nepfuti dzavo kuti dzipfure pasi kana kuti dziparadzire B-26A, asi muchina wacho wakaenderera mberi nengozi yawo. Panguva yesarudzo, muAmerica akasunungura lever, uye torpedo yake yakatsvedza yakananga padhishi raRyujo. Kuswedera kwaakaita pachinangwa chake, ndipo pakanyanya kuchinja mafambiro ake, uye pakupedzisira akadonha zvishoma kudarika mamita makumi matanhatu kubva muchikepe, achisimudza murwi mukuru wemvura shure kwake.
MaJapan akatura befu. Thornbrough akashatirwa kuti anogona kunge akapotsa kamwe-mu-mu-upenyu mukana wekunyudza mutakuri wendege. Zvisinei, akanga asiri kuzokanganwira muvengi wake nyore nyore kudaro. Akadzokera kubhesi kunoisa mafuta, akabata ndege, ndokurova mugwagwa zvakare. Achipaza nemumakore makobvu, panzvimbo yeOtter Point, aifanira kumhara paCold Bay. Panguva iyoyo, akanyora nhoroondo yakadzama yekurwiswa kwake uye panguva imwechete akaziva kuti mabhomba mashanu akasara kubva kuchikwata akange adzoka zvakachengeteka kubase4. Pasina kumirira chisarudzo chemurairo, iye nevashandi vakakwira bhomba ndokubhururuka vachienda kunotsvaka maJapan mumhute gobvu. Aka kaive kekupedzisira kuonekwa vari vapenyu. Pamberi pepakati pehusiku, ndege yeThornbrough yakaratidza kuedza kuputsa makore kusvika pasi kubva pakakwirira inosvika mamita 3000. Mwedzi gare gare, pamhenderekedzo yegungwa kuUnimak, makiromita angangoita 26 kubva kuCold Bay, 40 yakaparara yakawanikwa ine mitumbi yakasungirirwa mukati. mabhandi ezvigaro. MaAmerican akatumidza nzira dzekumhanya paCold Bay Thornbrough Airport mukuremekedza rwendo rwehugamba urwu.
Pazuva rimwe chetero, vatakuri veJapan vakaonekwawo nembiri yeB-17Bs, yekare yekuedza mabhomba mabhomba. Vakaenda kunzvimbo yakataurwa vachitevedzana naFreaks, Perkins, naThornbrough, uye vachishandisa yavo ASV radar, vakawana Team Kakuta. Mutungamiriri, Captain Jack L. Marks, akaburuka mamita 300 chete uye akakanda mabhomba mashanu paboka rezvikepe zvinooneka, izvo zvose zvakaratidza kuva zvisina kururama. Panguva imwe cheteyo, mubatsiri wake, Lieutenant Thomas F. Mansfield, akaisa pfungwa dzake paTakao. IAmerica yaida kudzikisa hurefu zvakanyanya sezvinobvira uye yakarova chinangwa cheimwe yezvombo zvekurwisa ndege zvakananga. Bhomba rakabata moto richibva rarovera pamusoro pemvura, pedyo nechikwata chainge charwiswa. Vazhinji vevashandi vakanga vasina nguva yekusiya ndege, sezvo yakabva yaenda pasi. Mumwe chete akapona akabatwa naTakao6. Marx haana kukwanisa kubatsira shamwari dzake neimwe nzira uye akadzokera pachigadziko, achitaura nezvekukundikana kwebhomba.
Mashoko okuti mabhomba aitevera akanga adhumhana nevashandi veKakuchi akasvikawo kuOtter Point, uko Captain Mills akasarudza kupa vashandi vake mumwe mukana pashure pokutsvaga kwemangwanani kusina zvibereko. Iwo matanhatu B-26As aive akapakatira torpedoes uye akapatsanurwa kuita mapoka maviri mushure mekusimuka. Mumwe wavo, akatungamirirwa naMils pachake, akawana vatakuri vendege dzeJapan. Ndege mbiri dzakananga kuRyujo uye imwe kuJunyo. Kunyange zvazvo veAmerica vakazotaura kuti vakakwanisa kunyura cruiser imwe chete, hapana chimwe chezvikepe zveJapan chakakuvadzwa semugumisiro.
torpedo kurwisa.
Kakuta aityira kurwiswa nevavengi, asi haana kutarisira kuti aizonetswa nemapoka maduku evanobhomba zuva rose. Zvakanga zviri nyore kuti maJapan adzivise kurwiswa kumwe chete pane zviito zvakarongeka zvebapiro remhepo rose riri muAleutian Islands neAlaska. Chakanga chiri chimwe chezvinhu zvishoma zvakanaka zvakaitika kumaJapan musi waChikumi 4. Zvinoenderana nehurongwa hwekutanga hwekushanda, 2nd Kido Butai yaive yekupamba nzvimbo dzevavengi paAdak Island mangwanani-ngwanani. Mamiriro okunze akaipa akaitika pamusoro penzvimbo yeAmerica usiku hwose uye mazhinjisa emangwanani akapwisa Kakuta kuti kwaizova kuchenjera kudzokera kuDutch Harbor, zvikurukuru sezvo mamiriro okunze munharaunda yacho ainyatsooneka.
yakashandurwa kuita yakanaka.
Zvingoitika, na11:54, Kakuta akatumira vaviri veKate kubva kumutakuri wendege yeRyujo, iyo yakaenda kunobvunzurudzwa muchikamu 46 ° chinhambwe chemamaira 144 kuti vaongorore mamiriro ekunze pamusoro peDutch Harbor9. Mabhomba eJapan akasangana nendege yemuvengi munzira, asi aisada kurwa nayo. Kuma quarter past twelve vaive pamusoro peAmerican base vakatumira teregiramu vachikurudzira kupambwa. Kakuta akanga achiri asina chokwadi chekuti kunze kwaizonyanya kuipa uye akarega kuita zvisarudzo zvechimbichimbi. Na13:00, akatumira vaviri vechipiri ve "Kate" kuchikamu chekuongorora 13 ° kwemaira makumi mana nemana kuratidza kurova paDutch Harbor. Inopfuura awa imwe gare gare, na44:49, vashandi vebhomba vakapa chiedza chegirini kuti vatange kubhururuka. Panguva imwecheteyo, boka racho rakaudzwa nezvekuwanikwa kweimwe muvengi muparadzi kumaodzanyemba kwechitsuwa cheUnalaska150.
