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bigjoe96912 -> One more gone Gen John P Henebry dies at 89 (10/7/2007 3:52:02 AM)

Gen John P Henebry, who played a major role in the Army Airforces inovative low-level bombing of japanese ships in the south pacific in WW2 died Sept. 30th. henebry flew 219 missions in WW2 mostly in the Solomon chain while piloting a B-25 Mitchell. He helped plan attacks utilizing "skip bombing" a newly developed tactic. He was present for the signing of the surrender onboard the USS Missouri in Sept 1945




Joe D. -> RE: One more gone Gen John P Henebry dies at 89 (10/7/2007 4:50:09 AM)

"Skip bombing" was a dangerous tactic, esp. in a lt. bomber.




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