Warbird Kid wrote:
ALOHADAVE wrote:
Also there were two P-36s on the field 7 December 1941, not P-26s
I did note above that there were two P-36s at the field AND there were also P-26s on Oahu at the time of the attack, so the possibility of a run down P-26 at Haleiwa is possible, hence why I decided to take some creative liberties and include one within my diorama. Until I see detailed photographic evidence of Haleiwa on Dec 7th (or immediately afterwards) proving without a shadow of a doubt that there were no P-26s present at the field, I think I'll keep it in my diorama.
I'm sure your P-26 is cool, but it sounds more like you want it to be there than that there is any substantial reason to believe it should be there. I don't remember the late David Aiken mentioning anything about P-26s at Haleiwa in his excellent articles on the men who managed to get airborne during the Pearl Harbor raid.
http://joebaugher.com/usaf_fighters/p26_6.htmlQuote:
The P-26 was a popular pilots' airplane and performed well until outclassed by more modern fighters. P-26s served in front-line units with the USAAC until 1938-40, when they began to be replaced by Seversky P-35 and Curtiss P-36A fighters. All P-26 models had been withdrawn from regular squadron use by the time of Pearl Harbor, and most surviving stateside P-26 aircraft had been relegated to mechanic training schools.
There were still some P-26s sitting on the flight line at Wheeler Field at the time of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Six of them were destroyed and one was damaged.
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