USAAF forogtten pilots from Jap attacks on Darwin 1942

Don’t be offended, ‘Japs’ has no perjorative meaning, it is just a contraction of Japanese. ‘Nips’ on the other hand, as a contraction of Nipponese !!

With regard to the subject, I’ve always felt that we could have done more from this country, albeit from resources that were almost always under pressure.

As many may know this week marks an important date in history of Australia as it was when in WW2, the Japs came to bomb Australia at Darwin in 1942…with significant loss of life and materials.

But did you know an USAAF P-40 pilot was killed by the Japs just before the main bombing started at Darwin when shot down off the coast by a Jap flying boat…… See more here –http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-02-19/american-losses-in-darwin-forgott…

USAAF P-40 pilots went on during WW2 in PNG area to wrack up many kills such as the recovered USAAF P-40 wreck on display at the Classic Fighter Jets Museum in Adelaide which has 10 kills i am told.

thanks for the reminder…it really is an event that needs to be remembered……BUT do you have to call them JAPS ?….they were Japanese japs was a derogatory term…they were japanese airmen doing their job just like our guy’s were.

Paul

Forgotten no more. Thanks for reminding us of a desperate and essential fight….and the human costs of winning it.