Comments on: The Civilian Who Shot Down a WW2 Japanese War Plane https://mechtraveller.com/2018/05/the-civilian-who-shot-down-a-ww2-japanese-war-plane/ Mechanically-minded travel Wed, 06 May 2026 09:04:25 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Joe https://mechtraveller.com/2018/05/the-civilian-who-shot-down-a-ww2-japanese-war-plane/#comment-25604 Fri, 02 Feb 2024 05:00:50 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=3259#comment-25604 In reply to Alastair.

Was he no a spy for the USA that is why he went to Germany. To see the Germany War machine

]]> By: Alastair https://mechtraveller.com/2018/05/the-civilian-who-shot-down-a-ww2-japanese-war-plane/#comment-9514 Sun, 19 Sep 2021 17:46:52 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=3259#comment-9514 In reply to Bob.

Yeah, that’s true. He had a dodgy reputation in the US too, which is why he wasn’t already made a re-commissioned officer in the US military when the Americans got into the war.

]]> By: Bob https://mechtraveller.com/2018/05/the-civilian-who-shot-down-a-ww2-japanese-war-plane/#comment-9511 Sat, 18 Sep 2021 23:48:52 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=3259#comment-9511 The Government wouldn’t have him in Europe since he was a suspected Nazi sympathizer!

]]> By: Alastair https://mechtraveller.com/2018/05/the-civilian-who-shot-down-a-ww2-japanese-war-plane/#comment-9464 Tue, 07 Sep 2021 07:20:16 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=3259#comment-9464 In reply to Jonathan May.

Hi Jonathan. I didn’t know about that, but I’m not at all surprised. He was an amazing aviator. It would make total sense to make use of his expertise wherever possible.

]]> By: Jonathan May https://mechtraveller.com/2018/05/the-civilian-who-shot-down-a-ww2-japanese-war-plane/#comment-9452 Wed, 01 Sep 2021 15:12:37 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=3259#comment-9452 Didn’t Mr. Lindbergh also help with bomber range? Effectively giving our Pacific bomber fleet an extra couple of hundred miles range? I watched a show where the Japanese were totally surprised by a bombing out of their understood range of our bombers, all thanks to Mr. Lindbergh.

]]> By: Alastair https://mechtraveller.com/2018/05/the-civilian-who-shot-down-a-ww2-japanese-war-plane/#comment-9116 Sun, 20 Jun 2021 12:40:06 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=3259#comment-9116 In reply to No Jo.

Pleasure! 🙂 It’s interesting, isn’t it? Amazing career!

]]> By: No Jo https://mechtraveller.com/2018/05/the-civilian-who-shot-down-a-ww2-japanese-war-plane/#comment-9115 Sun, 20 Jun 2021 03:12:08 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=3259#comment-9115 Nice Segment on Lindbergh thanks

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