Comments on: Air Group 87 Strike Japanese Battleship-Carrier Hyuga During World War II http://www.historynet.com/air-group-87-strike-japanese-battleship-carrier-hyuga-during-world-war-ii.htm From the World's Largest History Magazine Publisher Sun, 26 May 2013 02:45:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: JOHN PROVOST http://www.historynet.com/air-group-87-strike-japanese-battleship-carrier-hyuga-during-world-war-ii.htm#comment-1120590 JOHN PROVOST Sun, 19 May 2013 02:58:47 +0000 #comment-1120590 MY FATHER WAS ON BOTH RANDOLPH & TICONDEROGA IN DIVE BOMBER SQUADRON & FIGHTER DIVE BOMBER. IN EARLY 70'S MET A PILOT CHARLIE WHELLER THAT FLEW WITH MY DAD WHO ALSO RECIEVED NAVY CROSS FOR DROPING BOMB DOWN SMOKE STACK OF THE HYUGA WHICH DISABLED THE CARRIER AND THEY FINISHED IT OFF. JAMES W VERNON WHO WROTE 2 BOOKS;THE WRITES OF FLIGHT &THEHOSTILE SKY (AMAZON .COM)KEEP IN TOUCH WITH MY DAD TIL HE PASSED IN 85.DAD'S NAME WAS JEAN TURNER PROVOST NICKNAME PRO. READ ARTICLE THAT IF DIVE BOMBER SQUADRON OF 7TH FLEET DID NOT DO THE JOB THEY DID COULD HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT STORY MY FATHER WAS ON BOTH RANDOLPH & TICONDEROGA IN DIVE BOMBER SQUADRON & FIGHTER DIVE BOMBER. IN EARLY 70'S MET A PILOT CHARLIE WHELLER THAT FLEW WITH MY DAD WHO ALSO RECIEVED NAVY CROSS FOR DROPING BOMB DOWN SMOKE STACK OF THE HYUGA WHICH DISABLED THE CARRIER AND THEY FINISHED IT OFF. JAMES W VERNON WHO WROTE 2 BOOKS;THE WRITES OF FLIGHT &THEHOSTILE SKY (AMAZON
.COM)KEEP IN TOUCH WITH MY DAD TIL HE PASSED IN 85.DAD'S NAME WAS JEAN TURNER PROVOST NICKNAME PRO. READ ARTICLE THAT IF DIVE BOMBER SQUADRON OF 7TH FLEET DID NOT DO THE JOB THEY DID COULD HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT STORY

]]> By: Dana Stulce http://www.historynet.com/air-group-87-strike-japanese-battleship-carrier-hyuga-during-world-war-ii.htm#comment-803018 Dana Stulce Mon, 21 May 2012 11:46:27 +0000 #comment-803018 My father, Ltjg Edmund J . Stulce was part of the fighter contingent of AG87 flying off USS Ticonderoga on the day of this mission. He was awarded the Navy Cross for his successful follow-on attack on Hyuga contributing to her sinking at anchorage. His career in navy aviation extended into Korea flying F9F Panther in support of the Inchon invasion and many other ground suppression missions. In an ironic twist of fate, after many hours in combat aircraft, he died in a military transport (MAC) flight in a Pennsylvania thunderstorm in 1956. Thanks for a wonderful recounting of this the central episode in his flying career. My father, Ltjg Edmund J . Stulce was part of the fighter contingent of AG87 flying off USS Ticonderoga on the day of this mission. He was awarded the Navy Cross for his successful follow-on attack on Hyuga contributing to her sinking at anchorage. His career in navy aviation extended into Korea flying F9F Panther in support of the Inchon invasion and many other ground suppression missions. In an ironic twist of fate, after many hours in combat aircraft, he died in a military transport (MAC) flight in a Pennsylvania thunderstorm in 1956. Thanks for a wonderful recounting of this the central episode in his flying career.

]]> By: Pat Perlinger http://www.historynet.com/air-group-87-strike-japanese-battleship-carrier-hyuga-during-world-war-ii.htm#comment-792854 Pat Perlinger Fri, 23 Mar 2012 01:02:44 +0000 #comment-792854 to John Haak....George MacKay was also at Barbers Point in Hawaii getting SB2C's ready to take to the Bennington. I don't have exact dates, but it's possible these guys (Jack Fuller) knew each other. He spoke of being involved in a lot of training and plane preparations there. He was involved with CV 100 as well. to John Haak….George MacKay was also at Barbers Point in Hawaii getting SB2C's ready to take to the Bennington. I don't have exact dates, but it's possible these guys (Jack Fuller) knew each other. He spoke of being involved in a lot of training and plane preparations there. He was involved with CV 100 as well.

]]> By: Pat Perlinger http://www.historynet.com/air-group-87-strike-japanese-battleship-carrier-hyuga-during-world-war-ii.htm#comment-792851 Pat Perlinger Fri, 23 Mar 2012 00:53:49 +0000 #comment-792851 Several weeks ago I interviewed a WWII US Navy SB2C Helldiver pilot. I spent three hours with him and his wife. What an honor it was. George MacKay flew off the Carrier Bennington near the end of the war. They flew strikes on the Japanese home islands almost daily, bombing bridges, battleships and carriers at anchor, and various other targets. George told me he was never wounded, but took three Helldivers back to the carrier so shot up they never flew again. There are so many great stories out there that still need to be told. George's story will be archived in the Veterans Museum in Broomfield, Colorado. Several weeks ago I interviewed a WWII US Navy SB2C Helldiver pilot. I spent three hours with him and his wife. What an honor it was. George MacKay flew off the Carrier Bennington near the end of the war. They flew strikes on the Japanese home islands almost daily, bombing bridges, battleships and carriers at anchor, and various other targets. George told me he was never wounded, but took three Helldivers back to the carrier so shot up they never flew again. There are so many great stories out there that still need to be told. George's story will be archived in the Veterans Museum in Broomfield, Colorado.

]]> By: john haack http://www.historynet.com/air-group-87-strike-japanese-battleship-carrier-hyuga-during-world-war-ii.htm#comment-787337 john haack Mon, 23 Jan 2012 05:57:06 +0000 #comment-787337 I see I got my dad's name wrong....should be burnett.....Scott clatterbaugh....still hoping to hear more about my dad ensign Burnett scott clatterbaugh uss California at pearl harbor 1941, uss Chicago off the solomons - guadacanal 1942, etc., and/ or my uncle replacement vb82 cv20 bennington pilot ensign jack Carl fuller usnr, cv100 nas barbers point Hawaii sb2c training crash august 6 1944 while with vb100, cve 100 bougainville, early 1945 prior to vb20 bennington when lost on yamato attack 7 April 1945.....call me at 612.819.4225 or email me....thanks.... I see I got my dad's name wrong….should be burnett…..Scott clatterbaugh….still hoping to hear more about my dad ensign Burnett scott clatterbaugh uss California at pearl harbor 1941, uss Chicago off the solomons – guadacanal 1942, etc., and/ or my uncle replacement vb82 cv20 bennington pilot ensign jack Carl fuller usnr, cv100 nas barbers point Hawaii sb2c training crash august 6 1944 while with vb100, cve 100 bougainville, early 1945 prior to vb20 bennington when lost on yamato attack 7 April 1945…..call me at 612.819.4225 or email me….thanks….

]]> By: Gregory L. Stone http://www.historynet.com/air-group-87-strike-japanese-battleship-carrier-hyuga-during-world-war-ii.htm#comment-614213 Gregory L. Stone Wed, 22 Jun 2011 04:10:02 +0000 #comment-614213 My Uncle Robert "Rob" Roy Brunt piloted a TBM Avenger with Torpedo 16 from the USS Randolph CV-15 for the July 24, 1945 attack on the Japanese Battleship-Carrier HYUGA. He received the Navy Cross for this mission. My Uncle Robert "Rob" Roy Brunt piloted a TBM Avenger with Torpedo 16 from the USS Randolph CV-15 for the July 24, 1945 attack on the Japanese Battleship-Carrier HYUGA. He received the Navy Cross for this mission.

]]> By: john Haack http://www.historynet.com/air-group-87-strike-japanese-battleship-carrier-hyuga-during-world-war-ii.htm#comment-448542 john Haack Mon, 31 Jan 2011 22:01:00 +0000 #comment-448542 still out here looking for info. on my uncle replacement sb2c pilot ensign jack Carl fuller and/ or his gunner Charles Williams, vb82, cv20 bennington, esp. relating to yamato strike 7 April 1945 and or my dad, ensign brunett (chuck) Scott clatterbaugh, uss California at pearl harbor, 7 December 1941, or uss Chicago, uss chikaskia, etc. thanks - john Haack still out here looking for info. on my uncle replacement sb2c pilot ensign jack Carl fuller and/ or his gunner Charles Williams, vb82, cv20 bennington, esp. relating to yamato strike 7 April 1945 and or my dad, ensign brunett (chuck) Scott clatterbaugh, uss California at pearl harbor, 7 December 1941, or uss Chicago, uss chikaskia, etc. thanks – john Haack

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]]> By: john haack http://www.historynet.com/air-group-87-strike-japanese-battleship-carrier-hyuga-during-world-war-ii.htm#comment-404361 john haack Fri, 24 Dec 2010 03:17:24 +0000 #comment-404361 I think it was bu 20060 I think it was bu 20060

]]> By: charles boyd http://www.historynet.com/air-group-87-strike-japanese-battleship-carrier-hyuga-during-world-war-ii.htm#comment-153130 charles boyd Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:36:41 +0000 #comment-153130 What a great story! As a researcher of both the Civil War and WWII there is not much more that we can learn about the campaigns, but there is a universe of information about the men who fought. With knowledge of the campaign the history is even more enriched, in my opinion, when one reads about the men who were there. My GGGrandfather lost his life at Chancellorsville and, in contrast, my father, Capt Gillespie G. Boyd took his USNR unit to war from Georgetown, SC and they all returned after the war. Capt Boyd was Gunner and later Executive Officer on the USS Guadalupe (AO-32). He was then the first Commanding Officer on the USS Nemasket (AOG-10) when it was commissioned in New Orleans June 1944. After a short assignment as Fleet Staff Commander with Service Squadron Eight on Pearl Harbor, he became Commanding Officer of the USS Chikaskia (AO-54) on Feb 4, 1945. Capt Boyd died in 1988. When his wife died in 2008 we discovered letters that Capt Boyd had written home. The letters, Chikaskia Ship's Log and War Action Reports are included in a new manuscript that describes his military life. Anyone who has an interest in the above ships can contact me at cpboyd at mindspring dot com for more information. What a great story! As a researcher of both the Civil War and WWII there is not much more that we can learn about the campaigns, but there is a universe of information about the men who fought. With knowledge of the campaign the history is even more enriched, in my opinion, when one reads about the men who were there.

My GGGrandfather lost his life at Chancellorsville and, in contrast, my father, Capt Gillespie G. Boyd took his USNR unit to war from Georgetown, SC and they all returned after the war.

Capt Boyd was Gunner and later Executive Officer on the USS Guadalupe (AO-32). He was then the first Commanding Officer on the USS Nemasket (AOG-10) when it was commissioned in New Orleans June 1944. After a short assignment as Fleet Staff Commander with Service Squadron Eight on Pearl Harbor, he became Commanding Officer of the USS Chikaskia (AO-54) on Feb 4, 1945.

Capt Boyd died in 1988. When his wife died in 2008 we discovered letters that Capt Boyd had written home. The letters, Chikaskia Ship's Log and War Action Reports are included in a new manuscript that describes his military life.

Anyone who has an interest in the above ships can contact me at cpboyd at mindspring dot com for more information.

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