The Son-a-bitch History Question Thread.

[Xamonas Chegwé]

Was he trying to sell the yanks spitfires?

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Was he trying to sell the yanks spitfires?

I don't think the Brits could spare any.

[Don't Panic]

Recruiting pilots to go to the UK and help the RAF?

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Recruiting pilots to go to the UK and help the RAF?

Nope.

Guys, the pilot was a resource. Consider how he would be used as such.

[Don't Panic]

Recruiting pilots to go to the UK and help the RAF?

Nope.

Guys, the pilot was a resource. Consider how he would be used as such.

Teaching the Americans the most effective way to use RADAR, the Brits had it for quite a while before the US IIRC.

[Ace]

Was he reading the news with his spanky BBC accent?

Nope. And, btw, the Navy asked for him first, then the USAAF asked for him. He was an Ace in England. And leader of an Eagle Squadron.

I heard my name being called!

Let's see if I can crack this thing. He was showing the yanks how to do....things?

What do I win?

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Was he reading the news with his spanky BBC accent?

Nope. And, btw, the Navy asked for him first, then the USAAF asked for him. He was an Ace in England. And leader of an Eagle Squadron.

I heard my name being called!

Let's see if I can crack this thing. He was showing the yanks how to do....things?

What do I win?

Okay, smart-ass, you actually came close that time. Now, use the context of the times to fill it out.

[Don't Panic]

Recruiting pilots to go to the UK and help the RAF?

Nope.

Guys, the pilot was a resource. Consider how he would be used as such.

Teaching the Americans the most effective way to use RADAR, the Brits had it for quite a while before the US IIRC.

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[Ace]

Was he reading the news with his spanky BBC accent?

Nope. And, btw, the Navy asked for him first, then the USAAF asked for him. He was an Ace in England. And leader of an Eagle Squadron.

I heard my name being called!

Let's see if I can crack this thing. He was showing the yanks how to do....things?

What do I win?

Okay, smart-ass, you actually came close that time. Now, use the context of the times to fill it out.

Ok, the RAF pilot was teaching the newbies how to fly since he had recently faught in the battle of britain and would provide exellant training onto those who haven't yet faught yet. Where he delivers the info on the germans flying tactics so that the americans can learn from it in case a war is to become reality for the US. So that the newbies would of had the knowledge of german tactics ready in their heads to use against the germans.

Is that it old chap?

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Recruiting pilots to go to the UK and help the RAF?

Nope.

Guys, the pilot was a resource. Consider how he would be used as such.

Teaching the Americans the most effective way to use RADAR, the Brits had it for quite a while before the US IIRC.

Sorry, missed this earlier.

I'll have mercy on you.

PROCEEDINGS OF ROBERTS COMMISSION 761

TESTIMONY OF LIEUTENANT COMMANDER WILLIAM E. G. TAYLOR, U. S. NAVAL RESERVE

(The oath was administered in due form by the Chairman.)

The CHAIRMAN. State your full name.

Commander TAYLOR. William E. G. Taylor.

The CHAIRMAN. Commander Taylor, you had something to do with the installation of the detector device on the island of Oahu, did you not?

Commander TAYLOR. Yes, sir.

The CHAIRMAN. I understand that you had some contact with this device in England?

Commander TAYLOR. Yes, sir.

The CHAIRMAN. And the Army borrowed you to aid them in setting up the system here?

Commander TAYLOR. Yes, sir, that is correct.

752 CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATION PEARL HARBOR ATTACK

The CHAIRMAN. In what state of preparedness or readiness was the interceptor command here or the warning system or the warning net and the rest of the paraphernalia on or about December 7, 1941?

Commander TAYLOR. It was not ready by any means, sir, for air warning, for air interception, and we were still trying to pull the last threads of it together and to get the information center mounted. I think we had something in the neighborhood of two or three more weeks work before we could get them functioning.

[1230]

The CHAIRMAN. AS I understand it, it would ultimately have in this information center a naval liaison officer?

Commander TAYLOR. Yes, sir, it would have several liaison officers-to have a regular watch of naval liaison officers.

The CHAIRMAN. That wasn't instituted for the practice drills that had taken place?

Commander TAYLOR. NO, sir. We had asked for them.

The CHAIRMAN. You had asked for them?

Commander TAYLOR. They were forthcoming from the Commander-in-Chief and we expected to have them within a week. They were being withdrawn from the fleet pool. We were going to get the reserve ensigns and get them trained to do the job there, but it would have taken a week or ten days to train them to do the job properly.

The CHAIRMAN. But no such thing had been instituted on December 7?

Commander TAYLOR. No, sir.

[Don't Panic]

Looks right to me.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Looks right to me.

Taylor is a legend waiting to hit the screen. You can more of his story here.

[Don't Panic]

If Japan had waited for another month the US would have had an operational warning system?

[Gawdzilla Sama]

If Japan had waited for another month the US would have had an operational warning system?

Maybe. The bugs were still being worked out. MAJOR KENNETH P. BERGQUIST was in charge of setting it up.

[Cormac]

However, that is actually related to what the former RAF officer was doing in Hawaii.

Having a wank onto a biscuit*, while being spanked by an old public school chum?




*For an old public school ritual** with his chum spanky...


**Tiffin, around 11am.

Sorry, not very close.


Aaah, so he was actually being wanked BY his old public school chum.

But, they question remains, was the biscuit still involved?

Notice I did say "former".