X plane aircraft carrier1/12/2024 ![]() The Battle of the Coral Sea is justified as a calculated plot to deceive the Japanese into believing that the U.S. The scenario is, however, intentionally changed to justify the initial defensive rather than offensive posture of a US Navy reeling from the early Japanese victories in 1942. loosely portrays actual historic events related mainly with the Battle of the Coral Sea and the Battle of Midway. ![]() Ray Walker as Sailor assisting projectionist.Robert Bailey as Ensign Paducah Holloway.Harry Morgan (credited as Henry Morgan) as Ensign Malcolm Brainard.Kevin O'Shea as Ensign Charles "Cookie" Cunningham.William Eythe as Ensign Hallam "Oscar" Scott.Dana Andrews as Lieutenant Commander Edward Moulton.Harper gives his men an explanation of his reasoning when giving orders which may mean sacrificing a few for the success of the mission. Moulton and Harper quarrel, but in a few minutes, it is reported that Scott has been picked up by a destroyer. Eventually, Scott's aircraft is heard crashing into the water when it runs out of fuel. Moulton begs Harper to break radio silence or turn on the searchlights to guide him in, but Harper refuses to risk betraying the carrier's location to any Japanese submarines that may be lurking nearby. However, the last bomber, flown by Scott and very low on fuel, has trouble finding their carrier, which is concealed below low clouds. Many pilots are lost, but the Americans win a great victory. Deceived into believing that the American carriers are scattered across the Pacific, the Japanese are taken by surprise when the concentrated American fleet attacks their carriers. The carrier, however, accomplishes its mission as the Japanese believe that the sightings are of different American carriers, not just one.įinally, the long-prepared trap is sprung. This is repeated several times in other widely-separated locations, driving the aviators to the brink of rebellion. Not knowing the plan, the pilots are furious. When Moulton's bombers encounter some Japanese aircraft, they follow orders and retreat, but two aircraft are lost. However, they are under strict orders not to fight. The carrier is ordered to travel deep into enemy waters, near the Solomon Islands, and make its presence known in order to deceive the Japanese about American fleet dispositions and intentions. In the meantime, a message is received from Navy headquarters. Later, Cunningham saves the ship in a suicide attack on a torpedo from a Japanese aircraft. After winning the Navy Cross for actions at Coral Sea, Ensign Cunningham fails to follow the correct takeoff procedure and ditches his aircraft into the sea: Harper forbids him to fly again. During a bombing run, Ensign Breinard drops a bomb close to the carrier and Harper grounds him. Moulton does his best with his men, but is far from having absolute control. ![]() Harper warns Moulton that the squadron's safety cannot be jeopardized and any repeat of the sloppiness will not be tolerated. From the first landing, Harper notices a careless and inexperienced attitude by ex-Hollywood Academy Award–winning star, Ensign Hallam "Oscar" Scott. He is tough and sticks to the rules, while his young pilots behave more like youngsters and do not always understand his thinking.Ī new squadron led by Lieutenant Commander Edward Moulton is assigned to the carrier. Meanwhile, on the carrier charged with the mission ("Carrier X"), flight commander Bingo Harper is in charge of the bomber crews that shouldered the burden in the desperate early days of the war. In the days just after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the American people are asking "Where is our navy? Why doesn't it fight?" Gravely weakened by the disaster, the US Navy comes up with a plan to trap the Japanese by using one carrier to imitate a fleet in order to deceive the Japanese Navy into heading for Midway, where they will be attacked.
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