oh des 12.7mm !

ainsi qu'un 20 mm !

ptite pub (enfin c pas bien je sais)

mais j'avais rédigé ça :)

donc je vous file le lien, c un bref résumé sur le 7/12/41 :


http://groups.msn.com/Warbirds19142003/pearlharbor.msnw

excellent eagle
au fait n oublie pas de te presenter dans Le Forum de Bienvenue
mais enfin welcome

Kenneth Taylor, un des rares pilotes US à avoir pu décoller sous les balles japonaises, vient de décéder à l'âge de 86 ans.

Il avait abattu deux avions japonais en compagnie du plus célèbre George Welch, en réussissant à décoller avec leurs P-40 d'un petit terrain auxiliaire.

Citation:

Posted on Mon, Dec. 04, 2006 Kenneth Taylor, 86, an Army Air Forces pilot who managed to get airborne under fire near Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, and shot down at least two attacking Japanese aircraft, died Nov. 25 at an assisted-living residence in Tucson, Ariz. He was a new second lieutenant on his first assignment, posted in April 1941 to Wheeler Army Airfield in Honolulu. A week before the Japanese attacked, his 47th Pursuit Squadron was temporarily moved to Haleiwa Field, an auxiliary airstrip about 10 miles from Wheeler, for gunnery practice. After a night of poker and dancing at the officers' club at Wheeler, where the dress code required tuxedoes, Taylor, 21, and fellow pilot George Welch awoke to the sound of planes flying low, machine-gun fire and explosions. They learned that two-thirds of the U.S. aircraft at the main bases of Hickam and Wheeler fields were damaged. They quickly pulled on their tuxedo pants. While Welch ran to get Taylor's new Buick, Taylor, without orders, called Haleiwa and commanded ground crews to get two P-40 fighters ready for takeoff. Strafed by Japanese aircraft, the pair sped 10 miles from Honolulu to Haleiwa. At the airstrip, they climbed into their fighters, which were fueled but not fully armed, took off and soon attracted fire from the Japanese, who had not expected to be challenged in the air. Soon out of ammunition, Welch and Taylor landed at Wheeler to rearm. Senior officers ordered them to stay on the ground, but they both took off again, under fire. Official records credit Taylor with two kills. His son noted that his father thought he had two more, although in the heat of the battle he didn't see the planes hit the ground, and potential witnesses were too busy to keep track. Welch was credited with four downed Japanese planes. For their service, both pilots were awarded the Distinguished Service Cross. American aircraft losses that day were estimated at 188 destroyed and 159 damaged, and the Japanese lost 29 planes. Taylor was a technical adviser for the 1970 film "Tora! Tora! Tora!" in which his character was played by actor Carl Reindel. In the 2001 movie "Pearl Harbor," Ben Affleck played a character based on Taylor, although Taylor considered the film "a piece of trash ... over-sensationalized and distorted," according to his son.

http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/news/local/16158656.htm

Et on apprend ça le jour même de l'anniversaire de Pearl Harbor, bien triste nouvelle...