dirtysidedown430 wrote:
following this thread and having read Pranges book on Pearl I would think the Japanese knew well beforehand about civil aviation on all the islands. The total number and types, I say this because of the Japanese embassy on the island and they rented airplanes to take pictures of harbor and count the boats there or out at sea. They had to know one airplane with a radio could ruin their whole day.
Rental records for John Rodgers Field were confiscated when Martial Law began and have never been located.