Originally Posted by
top506
We have a winner!
Flying a SBD off the USS Enterpirse ( hull numberCV-6, by the way....) the morning of 4 June, 1944 is my other aviation wannabe moment.
"Those five minutes were to constitute one of the truly crucial 'moments of decision' which can be isolated in the whole course or warfare."
John Keegan
I assume you mean 1942.
Originally Posted by
CV-6
Hmmm...a little late for Midway, a little early for Philippine Sea.
Don't you hate fat fingers.
Now everyone probably knows the story behind my forum name....
Everyone in the US
ought to know about USS
Enterprise CV-6, just as we learn about "Old Ironsides."
Originally Posted by
miles.lowry
I thought the Enterprise's hull number was NCC-1701
It was no accident that they picked that name.