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What type of training did B-17 Flying Fortress pilots go through in the early 1940s before Pearl Harbor?
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Many times it was typical Air Force training in either aviation gunnery, navigation, engineering, piloting, or bombing. The idea was for every member on the plane to know a little bit about every aspect of the plane. Obviously, every member had a primary job at which they were very skilled, but were trained to handle most any job.
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Where was the USS Enterprise when pearl harbor was bombed?
It was out of Pearl Harbor doing training exercises with the other carriers.
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Pearl Harbor was a naval and aerial base and was also used as training facility.
What problems arose in the USA during Pearl Harbor?
Training men and building equipment to fight the war.
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It was irreparable and is still submerged in the harbor to this day.
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A flight of B17 Flying Fortress's.
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Expected flights of incoming US Army Air Corps B-17 Flying Fortress bombers "may" have led to some distraction(s).
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It was out of Pearl Harbor doing training exercises with the other carriers.
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The Castillo de los Tres Reyes del Morro, a fortress built in 1589 to guard Havana's harbor.
What did we use pearl harbor for?
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People were in church and not training.
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How low were the Japanese airplanes flying at Pearl Harbor?
NOT as low as those depicted in the Hollywood movie "Pearl Harbor" starring Ben Afleck. No plane flys that low in combat.
What did the booming of pearl harbor look like?
It was very smockey and there was fire eveywhere with planes flying over
