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[StartQuote] C.J. That must certainly cause all hands on board to be pretty nervous during patrol. Running at Flank speed was a very good tactic to avoid those dam planes, which seemed to cause more problems for the PT Boats then the surface craft did. Many PT Boat Crew were injured in this way, as I know of several instances told to me by former Skippers. I guess there was no real way to avoid this problem. One of the things that I could not understand was the many constant clashes with our own planes. I know at night it is hard to identify objects on the water, but why some of these Pilots could not learn the outline of a PT BOAT, or at least identify the target before taking passes at our boats is a mystery to me. Sometimes our own gunners would have to open up these planes, just to keep from being chewed up. Did you ever come across any of our planes firing at you guys or ships doing the same. Again, thanks so much for sharing this wonderful History and have a very MERRY MERRY CHRISMAS.......... [EndQuote]
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