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The Carrier Raids on Rabaul with Jon Parshall

This week Seth and guest co-host Jon Parshall maneuver their way through the two aircraft carrier raids on the Japanese fortress of Rabaul. The team goes through the personal stories of some of those involved, discusses the impact of the raids on the almost mythical Japanese complex, and discusses the ships used in both raids. Tune in and see how these two raids impacted the overall campaign not only in the Solomons area, but the war as a whole.

The Unauthorized History of the Pacific War

enJuly 18, 2023

Commerce Destruction-The Battle of the Bismarck Sea with Jon Parshall

This week guest co-host Jon Parshall joins Seth for a discussion on one of the more important, if not lesser known, events of the Pacific War in 1943, the Battle of the Bismarck Sea. Seth and Jon break down the ins and outs of the epic aerial destruction of an entire Japanese convoy at the hands of the Royal Australian Air Force and GEN Kenney's 5th Air Force in New Guinea.

The Unauthorized History of the Pacific War

enApril 11, 2023

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Like Three Haystacks on Fire, with special guest Jon Parshall

Aboard the Japanese CVs
What is the morning looking like at this point aboard the CVs?
What are the Japanese briefed about?
When do they launch?
Who is the strike leader?
Talk about the flight into Midway…
Aboard the American CVs
Reveille for US aircrews is at 0300, breakfast at 0400, ready rooms shortly after that
Talk about the anticipation in the ready rooms
Nervous energy

Aboard Midway island
Search planes take off around 0415
Americans prepare for the battle they know is coming today
Planes fueled and armed
Bert Earnest and his two dollar bill

At 0545 a search plane sees the incoming strike and radios “Many Planes Heading Midway”

PBY search planes sight Japanese CVs at 0552

Because of incoming aircraft and CV sighting, Midway scrambles damn near everything with wings by 0600

Japanese Midway strike
Give us the run-down of the Japanese attack on the island and the aerial encounters with the American fighters
Bill Brooks and his Brewster engage Japanese as they come into the island around 0616
What are the effects of the Japanese strike on the island?
Who decides another strike is needed?
Why?
When does Nagumo get word of another strike being needed?
Take us through his decision making here

Aboard the American CVs
0645 Pilots Man Your Planes!
Dusty Kleiss
Don Hoff
Spruance on orders from Fletcher decides to launch at 0700
CV6 launches and orbits the TF awaiting CV5 and her birds
US CV strike launch is discombobulated and unorganized
(clusterfuck is a good term but we shouldn’t say that)
“Proceed on mission assigned” flashed to McClusky
Hornet’s strike
Stanhope Ring versus John Waldron

As the American CVs strike is being launched, the first attackers from Midway see the Japanese CVs…
Bert Earnest and Harry Ferrier in 8-T-1 attack Hiryu
The B26s attack Akagi at almost the same time
Talk about the near miss by the B26 on Akagi’s bridge
0800 VMSB-241 attacks Japanese fleet
Japanese CAP proves to be incredibly deadly to these attacks

While the Midway based aircraft are attacking the fleet, the Japanese are also attacked by a submarine
Talk about the effects that the Nautilus attack on the fleet have as far as timing is concerned, and what do the Japanese do
Nautilus’ attack, while not successful, is HUGE when it comes to the events that soon follow
Arashi…

Around 0840 the American attacks cease
Talk about Nagumo’s timetable…
What does it look like inside the hangar decks of the Japanese CVs right now?
US VT attacks on Kido Butai
VT8 and VT6 shortly afterwards

Let’s once and for all dispel the George Gay myth…

The Flight to Nowhere
Where the hell is HAG?
What happens to them?
Could they have helped?
Tease the cover up by Mitscher for Ring to be discussed at length in the next episode

EAG flight and McClusky’s decision
Talk about what is happening in the air right now
What is McClusky thinking
What is happening to the SBD formation?
McClusky’s decision to continue the search
Seeing Arashi…
Set up the attack of EAG on Kaga and Akagi from Japanese and US sides
What is going on aboard the Japanese CVs right now?
PLANES ON THE FLIGHT DECKS MYTH!
Flash warning to Kaga
McClusky breaks doctrine and attacks Kaga

Attack on Kaga and Akagi
Earl Gallaher
Dusty Kleiss
Don Hoff
Aboard Kaga
Briefly discuss attacks on Soryu
Talk about the damage done to Kaga, Akagi and Soryu
Just how bad is it?

Discuss the Hiryu strikes on CV5

Afternoon strike on Hiryu
Lots of AAA this time and CAP
Dusty Kleiss
Don Hoff

Wrap up June 4 and tease the next episode
Japanese losses
US losses

The Unauthorized History of the Pacific War

enOctober 25, 2022

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The Carrier Raids on Rabaul with Jon Parshall

Commerce Destruction-The Battle of the Bismarck Sea with Jon Parshall

Like Three Haystacks on Fire, with special guest Jon Parshall