Operation AL, part 2
Jirgin ruwa mai nauyi USS Louisville (CA-28) yana barin Fist Bay a tsibirin Adak a cikin Afrilu 1943.
Daren da ke tafe ba ya nufin Amurkawa sun huta da hutawa a gwagwarmayar tsibirin Aleutian. An dai ji tsoron cewa babban harin makiya zai faru nan da kwanaki masu zuwa, don haka ya kamata a gano jiragen saman Japan din kafin a dawo da ayyukan jiragen sama. Baya ga Catalines da dama, an kuma aike da sojojin bama-bamai a sintiri na dare. Kamar yadda ma'aikatansu suka tuna, yanayi mai muni ya mamaye Alaska da tsibirin Aleutian a wannan dare. Catalinas guda biyu, wanda sojojin ruwa na biyu Laftanar Gene Cusick da Eugene Stockstone suka yi, waɗanda ba su nuna alamun rayuwa ba kuma an yi la'akari da su sun ɓace tare da ma'aikatansu, ba su tsira daga hanyar da guguwar ta shafa ba.
Rally na Biyu a Harbour Dutch - Yuni 4th.
Wani jirgin ruwa mai shawagi wanda mai dauke da tuta Marshall K. Frirks ya yi hasarar rashi. Karfe 6:50 ya kwashe sa'o'i takwas yana cikin iska kuma ya fito daga guguwar ba tare da wata matsala ba. A tafiya ta dawowa mai nisan mil 160 kudu maso yammacin Umnak, wani allo na radar ASV ya tuntubi wani abu da ba a tantance ba a saman ruwa. Frears ya san ba zai iya zama tsibiri ko jirgin Amurka ba, don haka ya yanke shawarar rage tsayin daka da binciken yankin. Ga mamakinsa sai ya ruga kai tsaye cikin Kido Butai na 2, amma sassan Jafan da kansu ba su same shi ba.
Wani jirgin ruwa mai shan taba sigari daga Arewa maso Yamma bayan da wani bam ya same shi da iska.
Ba'amurke cikin gaggawa ya aike da sako zuwa sansanin game da jirgin sama guda daya da kuma masu lalata guda biyu tare da daidaitawa 50°07'N 171°14'W, suna tafiya a kan tafarki na 150°. Bayan tabbatar da cewa an karɓi saƙon, Catalina ya ci gaba da tuntuɓar tawagar Japan. Kasa da sa'a guda bayan haka, an umarci Frirks a mayar da shi tushe ta hanyar Patrol Wing Command. Duk da haka, kafin ya bar abokan gaba, Ba'amurke ya yanke shawarar gwada sa'arsa tare da bam daya daga cikin jiragen ruwa na Japan. Shigarsa bai yi nasara ba kwata-kwata, kuma shi da kansa ya rasa daya daga cikin injinan wutan makamin jiragen sama.
Bayan Kido Butai Frirks Catalina na 2 za a sami sauƙi, wanda Laftanar Navy Charles E. Perkins ya tuka jirgin, wanda ya tashi daga Harbour Dutch. A wannan karon, kwale-kwalen da ke tashi yana dauke ne da topedo guda daya da bama-bamai masu nauyin kilogiram 227, idan har ya samu damar isa tazara mai aminci daga abokan gaba. Da misalin karfe 11:00 na safe, Perkins ya bi diddigin tawagar Japan kuma ya ba da rahoto ga tushe ga jirgin dakon jirgin sama daya, manyan jiragen ruwa biyu masu nauyi 215° 165 mil daga Dutch Harbor, a kan hanya 360°. Catalina ita ce za ta bin diddigin Kido Butai na 2 har sai da maharan Allied sun isa. Koyaya, jinkirin watsa rediyo yana nufin jimlar B-26As goma sha biyu daga Cold Bay da Umnak sun ɗauki fiye da sa'a ɗaya a makare.
Kamar Fryrky, Perkins ma ya so ya gwada sa'arsa kuma ya buga Catalina da Junyo. Jafanawa da alama ba su yi mamaki ba kuma suka bude wuta da jiragen yaki. Daya daga cikin fashe-fashen ya lalata injinan dama na kwale-kwalen da ke tashi, wanda a wani lokaci ya rasa kwanciyar hankali. Perkins yana da zaɓi: ci gaba da tsarin kashe kansa ko barin. Ba tare da yin kasada ga rayuwar ma'aikatan jirgin ba, Ba'amurke ya jefa wata turbaya da bama-bamai a cikin ruwa, bayan da ya bace a cikin gajimare na ruwan sama. A lokacin da ya tabbata cewa mayakan Japan ba su bi shi ba, ya kuma kwashe tankokinsa na iskar gas a rabi, ya isa sansanin da injin guda daya kacal.
Shida B-26As daga Umnak, karkashin jagorancin Kyaftin Owen Mils, sun kasa gano masu jigilar kayayyaki na Jafan bisa la’akari daga telegram da ake da su. Babu wani daga cikin maharan da aka sanye da na'urar radar, kuma Perkins' Catalina ya riga ya koma baya. Canjin yanayi ya sake sanya kanta. Guguwar ruwan sama da hazo mai kauri ya sa ya yi wuya a yi bincike da kayan aikin gani. Hanya mafi aminci ita ce tsayawa a saman gajimare, amma a cikin irin wannan yanayi, gano jiragen ruwa a saman ruwa ya kusan zama abin al'ajabi. Mintuna na gaba suka wuce Mils ba abin da ya wuce ya yanke shawarar ja da baya.
Balaguron bam zuwa Cold Bay ya ɗan ƙara ban mamaki. Shida. B-26A ya jagoranci kai tsaye ta hannun Colonel William
Uba Irekson yana dauke da tsautsayi ne bisa umarnin jami'an sojin ruwa. Bayan tashin jirgin, ƙungiyar, ba shakka, ta nufi yankin da Perkins ya nuna, amma a wannan yanayin ma, hazo mai duhu ya yi kanta. Jiragen na Amurka sun yi hasarar gani da ido da juna, inda suka kara tsayin daka domin maido da shi. Ko da yake hawan ya ɗauki 'yan mintoci kaɗan, amma an yi asarar wani ɗan kunar bakin wake da Kyaftin George Thornbrough ya tuka jirgin. A matsayinsa na daya tilo a cikin kungiyar, ya yanke shawarar ci gaba da aikinsa kuma ya ci gaba da neman jiragen saman Japan. Da alama kaddara ta saka masa jajircewarsa domin ya samu Kido Butai na 2.
Tare da topedo guda ɗaya kawai, Thornbrough ya san wannan wata dama ce ta musamman. A bayyane yake ba shi da isasshen sarari da lokacin da za a iya kai wa hari, don haka ya yanke shawarar nutsewa. Ba’amurken ya yi fatan cewa a halin yanzu zai iya amfani da karfin tuwo da kuma amfani da shi a matsayin bam. Ya zaɓi mai ɗaukar jirgin Ryujo a matsayin abin da ya sa a gaba, wanda ma'aikatan jirgin suka ga barazanar da sauri. Rikicin jiragen yaki ya yi tsawa, amma lokaci ya yi da za a ɗaga Zero cikin iska don katse jirgin abokan gaba. Thornbrough ya juyo sosai ya tsinci kansa kai tsaye gaban daya daga cikin bangarorin jirgin. Jafananci sun kasance marasa taimako kamar kowane lokaci, kawai za su iya dogara da bindigoginsu don harba ko aƙalla tarwatsa B-26A, amma na'urar ta ci gaba da fuskantar haɗari. A lokacin da ake yanke hukunci, Ba'amurke ya saki ledar, kuma karfin karfinsa ya zame zuwa benen Ryujo. Kusa da inda aka nufa, sai yanayinta ya canza, daga karshe kuma ta fadi kasa da tazarar mitoci 60 kadan da jirgin, ta tada wani katon ginshikin ruwa a bayanta.
Jafananci ya numfasa. Thornbrough ya fusata da cewa watakila ya rasa damar da zai iya nutsar da wani jirgin sama. Duk da haka, ba zai gafarta wa abokin hamayyarsa da sauƙi ba. Ya koma tushe domin ya kara mai, ya baiwa jirgin hannu, sannan ya sake bugi hanya. Watsawa cikin gajimare mai kauri, maimakon Otter Point, dole ne ya sauka a Cold Bay. Nan take ya rubuta cikakken bayani kan harin da ya kai kuma a lokaci guda ya samu labarin cewa sauran ‘yan kunar bakin wake 4 da suka rage daga rundunar sun dawo gida3000 lafiya. Ba tare da jiran shawarar umurnin ba, shi da ma’aikatan jirgin suka shiga wani bam suka tashi don neman Jafanawa cikin hazo mai kauri. Wannan shi ne karo na karshe da aka gan su a raye. Kafin tsakar dare, jirgin Thornbrough ya yi nuni da wani yunƙuri na kutsawa cikin gajimare zuwa tushe daga wani tsayin da ya kai kimanin mita 26. Bayan wata guda, a bakin tekun Unimak, mai tazarar mil 40 daga Cold Bay, an gano tarkacen gawawwaki XNUMX a wurin zama. belts. Amurkawa sun sanya sunayen hanyoyin saukar jiragen sama a filin jirgin sama na Cold Bay Thornbrough don karrama wannan bajinta.
A wannan rana, an kuma hango masu jigilar Jafan ta hanyar B-17Bs, tsofaffin samfuran bama-bamai na gwaji. Sun yi tafiya zuwa wurin da Freaks, Perkins, da Thornbrough suka ruwaito a jere, kuma suna amfani da nasu radar ASV, sun sami Team Kakuta. Jagoran, Kyaftin Jack L. Marks, ya sauko ne kawai 300 m kuma ya jefa bama-bamai biyar a kan gungun jiragen ruwa da ake gani, duk sun tabbatar da cewa ba daidai ba ne. A lokaci guda kuma, ɗan wasansa, Laftanar Thomas F. Mansfield, ya sa ido kan Takao. Ba’amurken ya yi niyya ya rage tsayi sosai gwargwadon iko kuma ya kai hari ga daya daga cikin makami mai linzami na kakkabo jiragen kai tsaye. Dan kunar bakin waken ya kama wuta ya fado saman ruwa, a kusa da sashin da aka kai harin. Yawancin ma'aikatan jirgin ba su da lokacin barin jirgin, saboda nan da nan ya tafi kasa. Takao6 ya kama wanda ya tsira. Marx bai iya taimaka wa abokansa ba ta kowace hanya kuma ya koma sansanin, yana ba da rahoton harin bam da bai yi nasara ba.
Labarin cewa wasu bama-bamai da suka biyo baya sun yi karo da ma'aikatan jirgin Kakuchi shi ma ya isa Otter Point, inda Kyaftin Mills ya yanke shawarar sake baiwa ma'aikatansa wata dama bayan binciken da suka yi da safe. Shida B-26As na dauke da muggan makamai kuma suka rabu gida biyu bayan tashinsu. Ɗaya daga cikinsu, wanda Mils da kansa ya jagoranta, ya sami jigilar jiragen Japan guda biyu. Jirage biyu sun nufi Ryujo daya kuma a Junyo. Ko da yake daga baya Amurkawa sun yi iƙirarin cewa sun sami nasarar nutsewar jirgin ruwa guda ɗaya, amma babu wani daga cikin jiragen ruwan Japan da ya samu rauni sakamakon haka.
kai hari.
Kakuta ya ji tsoron harin abokan gaba, amma bai yi tsammanin za a tursasa shi da kananan gungun 'yan kunar bakin wake ba tsawon rana. Ya kasance mafi sauƙi ga Jafanawa su guje wa hare-hare guda ɗaya fiye da ayyukan haɗin gwiwa na dukan reshe na iska wanda ke tushen tsibirin Aleutian da Alaska. Yana ɗaya daga cikin ƴan abubuwa masu kyau da suka faru da Jafanawa a ranar 4 ga Yuni. Bisa shirin farko na aikin, Kido Butai na 2 shi ne ya kai farmaki kan wuraren abokan gaba a tsibirin Adak da sanyin safiya. Mummunan yanayi da ke kan sansanin Amurka duk dare kuma yawancin safiya ya tabbatar wa Kakuta cewa zai fi kyau a sake dawowa a Harbour Dutch, musamman ma yanayin da ke yankin ya kasance a bayyane.
canza zuwa m.
Kamar dai yadda, a 11:54, Kakuta aika da biyu Kate daga jirgin dako Ryujo, wanda ya je leken asiri a cikin sashen 46 ° a nesa na 144 mil don tantance yanayin yanayi a kan Dutch Harbor9. 'Yan kunar bakin wake na Japan sun hadu da wani jirgin saman abokan gaba a hanya, amma ba sa son yin yaki da shi. Karfe goma sha biyu da kwata suka wuce sansanin Amurka kuma suka aika da telegram suna ba da shawarar kai hari. Har yanzu Kakuta bai tabbata cewa yanayin zai kara ta'azzara ba kuma ya dena yanke hukunci cikin gaggawa. A 13:00, ya aika biyu biyu na "Kate" zuwa bincike sashen 13 ° na 44 mil don tabbatar da yajin aikin a Dutch Harbor. Fiye da sa'a guda bayan haka, da ƙarfe 49:150, ma'aikatan bam ɗin sun ba da hasken kore don fara tashi. A lokaci guda kuma, an sanar da ƙungiyar game da gano wani maƙiyi ɗaya mai halaka a kudancin tsibirin Unalaska14.
