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[[underline]] Friday 27 April 45 [[/underline]] [[underline]] Victorville, Calif. [[/underline]] Talk by Gen. Hansel, ex CG 21st, Bomb [[Com. Saipan]]. He emphasized importance of precision at IP.- Said one take-off of 83 planes ^[[B.29s]] - Instrument take-offs OK but assembly following was so poor that none reached target. - Reconnaissance planes [[strikethrough]] were [[/strikethrough]] were only source of wx info. - Another case = 83 B-29s out. Because of poor guess on terminal weather, a storm was over Saipan when they returned. Visibility was so low that the runway lights could not be seen from the tower. Fortunately, the storm passed, vis. improved in 25 minutes- the longest one had lasted to that time. Gen. H. said "Instrument landing would have been a great help. We had the beams installed but no one had had any training so they couldn't be used!" [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] No ships lost because of quick movement of storm - Called Duckworth who said he had called back some time ago (to Wash) and had been told I'd gone back overseas! He told me to see Lt. Col. Roy Ward - new post C.O. (Duckworth is now Tng Wing C.O.) and Capt. Bakke of the Insmt Stand Board. Col. Daniel White - Ops & Tng of Victorville described radar Nov-Bomb training to me. Field has 140 4-eng A/C of which they are able to fly about 50% - Scheme of alternative missions renders any wx flying unnecessary. Only difficulty now is keeping track of their A/C. They run around "air traffic control" which is mainly a system for receiving
Transcription Notes:
"wx" stands for weather.