Comments on: Battle of the Bismarck Sea http://www.historynet.com/battle-of-the-bismarck-sea.htm From the World's Largest History Magazine Publisher Fri, 24 May 2013 21:00:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Maggie Bibby nee McCarthy http://www.historynet.com/battle-of-the-bismarck-sea.htm#comment-799006 Maggie Bibby nee McCarthy Tue, 01 May 2012 13:03:32 +0000 #comment-799006 I believe my late father John Keith McCarthy a navigator with the Beaufighters may have been involved in this operation,can anyone verify this for me? I believe my late father John Keith McCarthy a navigator with the Beaufighters may have been involved in this operation,can anyone verify this for me?

]]> By: SONofHERO http://www.historynet.com/battle-of-the-bismarck-sea.htm#comment-422049 SONofHERO Sun, 09 Jan 2011 23:33:52 +0000 #comment-422049 FRED....they did mention 13 beaufighters attacking right after the B-25's struck...They also mentioned austrailian planes straffing the jap air fields before the hottest part of the battle suppressing any assistance for the convoy....you might want to re-read the story...and THANKS for your work in the battle..you allowed me to grow up free...ALL of you were heros. FRED….they did mention 13 beaufighters attacking right after the B-25's struck…They also mentioned austrailian planes straffing the jap air fields before the hottest part of the battle suppressing any assistance for the convoy….you might want to re-read the story…and THANKS for your work in the battle..you allowed me to grow up free…ALL of you were heros.

]]> By: gunichi mikawa http://www.historynet.com/battle-of-the-bismarck-sea.htm#comment-358650 gunichi mikawa Tue, 02 Nov 2010 15:31:34 +0000 #comment-358650 NO WE WIN. NO WE WIN.

]]> By: Flt Lt Fred Cassidy http://www.historynet.com/battle-of-the-bismarck-sea.htm#comment-305785 Flt Lt Fred Cassidy Sat, 03 Jul 2010 08:08:32 +0000 #comment-305785 As a member of 30Squadron Royal Australian Air Force who flew in the Battle in a Beaufighter I am saddened that no mention is made of the 12 Beaufighters who were the first to attack the convoy at sea level Sure the 5th Air Force did a great job but it was the attack by the Beaufighters that started the rout. Please acknowledge the work of the RAAF in the Battle. As a member of 30Squadron Royal Australian Air Force who flew in the Battle in a Beaufighter I am saddened that no mention is made of the 12 Beaufighters who were the first to attack the convoy at sea level
Sure the 5th Air Force did a great job but it was the attack by the Beaufighters that started the rout.
Please acknowledge the work of the RAAF in the Battle.

]]> By: walter illsley jr http://www.historynet.com/battle-of-the-bismarck-sea.htm#comment-188022 walter illsley jr Sun, 31 Jan 2010 05:53:55 +0000 #comment-188022 Im Walter Illsley´s grandson and im very proude to have his name, he is pretty much one of the most important heros of the war and a lot of people dont even know about him Im Walter Illsley´s grandson and im very proude to have his name, he is pretty much one of the most important heros of the war and a lot of people dont even know about him

]]> By: Paulo http://www.historynet.com/battle-of-the-bismarck-sea.htm#comment-130475 Paulo Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:35:59 +0000 #comment-130475 Good man fighting for our freedom e ocidental way of life. I´m grateful and proud about them. I´m from Brazil, São Paulo, but I´ve read all about those men who fight for better world. God bless you! Good man fighting for our freedom e ocidental way of life.
I´m grateful and proud about them.
I´m from Brazil, São Paulo, but I´ve read all about those men
who fight for better world.
God bless you!

]]> By: Norman Illsley http://www.historynet.com/battle-of-the-bismarck-sea.htm#comment-87692 Norman Illsley Sun, 12 Jul 2009 22:24:22 +0000 #comment-87692 My brother, Walter Illsley, was the Bendix Aviation field technician who mounted their 50 caliber machine guns on the noses of those B-25s. He told us the whole story. I believe they were one plane short caused by some earlier non-combat pilot error. Earlier, while at the Bendix factory in South Bend learning armament, he went up, I believe to Wisconsin, and mounted the first gyro stabilized turrets in some B-25s, possibly Doolittle's planes. After the Pacific he went to North Africa and Italy doing armament on B-25s. He just passed away this last March 24 at 90. Norman Illsley, Ft Collins, CO My brother, Walter Illsley, was the Bendix Aviation field technician who mounted their 50 caliber machine guns on the noses of those B-25s. He told us the whole story. I believe they were one plane short caused by some earlier non-combat pilot error.
Earlier, while at the Bendix factory in South Bend learning armament, he went up, I believe to Wisconsin, and mounted the first gyro stabilized turrets in some B-25s, possibly Doolittle's planes. After the Pacific he went to North Africa and Italy doing armament on B-25s. He just passed away this last March 24 at 90.
Norman Illsley, Ft Collins, CO

]]> By: John F. Taylor http://www.historynet.com/battle-of-the-bismarck-sea.htm#comment-54090 John F. Taylor Mon, 20 Apr 2009 23:30:25 +0000 #comment-54090 I was on the Battle of the Bismark Sea. Flew an A-20A as the pilot. Sank the Sea Truck Kembu Maru with two 500 pound 5 ssecon delay fused bombs in her stern. K was Wing man with Dixie Dunbar and his bombs skipped over the ship. My airplain was named "Kentucky Red" after my wife, Dottie from Louisville, KY. Our commander was Glen Clark leading a force of 12 A20s. JOHN F. TAYLOR, Colonel, USAF Retired: 9250 Yarrow St., Westminster, CO 80021 I was on the Battle of the Bismark Sea. Flew an A-20A as the pilot. Sank the Sea Truck Kembu Maru with two 500 pound 5 ssecon delay fused bombs in her stern. K was Wing man with Dixie Dunbar and his bombs skipped over the ship. My airplain was named "Kentucky Red" after my wife, Dottie from Louisville, KY. Our commander was Glen Clark leading a force of 12 A20s.

JOHN F. TAYLOR, Colonel, USAF Retired: 9250 Yarrow St., Westminster, CO 80021

]]> By: Kevin Maule http://www.historynet.com/battle-of-the-bismarck-sea.htm#comment-47814 Kevin Maule Mon, 30 Mar 2009 18:08:03 +0000 #comment-47814 Martin Caidin wrote an excellent "historical novel" about the Battle of the Bismarck Sea entitled "Whip". I read it shortly after graduation from college in 1977. In 1998 I re-read it after reading an excellent historical account of the battle entitled "Battle of the Bismarck Sea" by Lex McAulay. Martin Caidin wrote an excellent "historical novel" about the Battle of the Bismarck Sea entitled "Whip". I read it shortly after graduation from college in 1977. In 1998 I re-read it after reading an excellent historical account of the battle entitled "Battle of the Bismarck Sea" by Lex McAulay.

]]> By: humphrey http://www.historynet.com/battle-of-the-bismarck-sea.htm#comment-28647 humphrey Tue, 20 Jan 2009 08:48:04 +0000 #comment-28647 Loved the book by pappy blount,B25 pilot. With those 50 cal guns firing forward at 1500 yards the ships superstructure would melt. Loved the book by pappy blount,B25 pilot.
With those 50 cal guns firing forward at 1500 yards the ships superstructure would melt.

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