On 03 Nov 2003 16:04:16 GMT, ost (Chris Mark) wrote:

The original plan was for the planes to land at airfields in China, launching
from Hornet at nightfall, bombing Japan at night and arriving over the
airfields in China in the early morning.

As always, Chris, you put your finger on the part that was puzzling
me. Okay: they launched not an hour or two early, but eight or ten
hours.

all the best -- Dan Ford
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