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The night we bombed the Emperor''s Palace.

Publication: Air Power History
Publication Date: 22-SEP-03
Format: Online - approximately 807 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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I remember this mission especially well; everything was different, so to say. It started when the MPs [Military Police] came to our enlisted men's Quonset hut and roll-called us. The six of us were the crew of Capt. Harrison M. Harp, Jr. We were all there and they took us to the big briefing...

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...Quonset. Five minutes later our crew officers arrived: Captain Harp, the aircraft commander; Jesse Hendrickson, the bombardier; and a third officer, a captain, who was the radar operator. While we waited, we were joined by our regular co-pilot, Flight Officer Bob Hollinger, and a first lieutenant, who turned out to be a navigator. Our regular navigator and radar operator, both second lieutenants, were not there. Hendrickson...

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