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The Attack on Pearl Harbor

Posted on Oct 18, 2017 in

The Attack on Pearl Harbor

Pvt Lockard, young Signal Corps member, was on duty and in charge of the SCR-270-B radio set at the Opana site on Oahu when the Japanese launched their attack on December 7, 1941.

Resourceful crews remove parts from a wrecked P-40 at Wheeler Field. Of 99 P-40Bs and Cs on the island 72 were damaged or destroyed on December 7, 1941

Routes of Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941.

Severely damaged fighter plan sits in the midst of rubble in front of a burned out hangar at Wheeler Field, December 7, 1941.

Severely damaged P-36 sits in wrecked hangar at Wheeler Field, December 7, 1941.

Smoke billows from burning B-17 on Hickam Field flight line, December 7, 1941.

Smoke billows from burning B-17 on Hickam Field flight line, December 7, 1941.

Summary of the attack on Pearl Harbor and Hickam Field, December 7, 1941.

The first bombs to strike Hickam Field were dropped on parked planes and the hangar line, December 7, 1941. Personnel cross parade grounds in foreground to view damage.

This photo by a Japanese pilot shows Wheeler aircraft and other facilities in flames. During attack 37 men at Wheeler lost their lives, six were reported missing and 53 were wounded, December 7, 1941.

Three P-40s that attempted to take off from Bellows Field on December 7, 1941 were shot down immediately. Most of the 12 P-40s there, like this one, lined up in neat rows, were riddled by Japanese machine gun fire.

Two Japanese aircraft were photographed over Hickam Field by crew members of one of 12 B-17s that arrived from California in middle of attack. This is one of first photos of December 7, 1941 attack.

Warhawk wreck in front of Hangar 4 at Wheeler Field, December 7, 1941. Several P-40s and P-36s got airborne during the attack and destroyed nine enemy aircraft in air-to-air combat.

Wheeler Field flight line under attack, December 7, 1941.

Wreckage in front of Hangar 4, Wheeler Field, December 7, 1941.

Wreckage of B-17C bomber beside Hangar 5 at Hickam Field after Japanese bombing on December 7, 1941.

Wrecked aircraft, December 7, 1941, Pearl Harbor.

Wrecked aircraft, December 7, 1941, Pearl Harbor.

Wrecked aircraft, December 7, 1941, Pearl Harbor.

Wrecked aircraft, December 7, 1941, Pearl Harbor.

Wrecked aircraft, December 7, 1941, Pearl Harbor.

Wrecked hangar with destroyed planes at Wheeler Field, December 7, 1941.

Wrecked P-40s on Wheeler Field flight line, December 7, 1941.

Wrecked P-40s on Wheeler Field flight line, December 7, 1941.

Wrecked planes at Wheeler Field, December 7, 1941.

Wrecked planes on Wheeler Field flight line with Hangar 2 in background and tent quarters where many enlisted men were killed, December 7, 1941.

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