{"id":69297,"date":"2016-12-08T01:41:56","date_gmt":"2016-12-08T06:41:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=69297"},"modified":"2016-12-08T01:41:56","modified_gmt":"2016-12-08T06:41:56","slug":"pearl-harbor-remembering-cornelia-fort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=69297","title":{"rendered":"Pearl Harbor: Remembering Cornelia Fort"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I know that this is a late story, but I think that it is worth a mention. I want to talk about Cornelia Fort<\/a>. The quick version is that on the day of the attack she was flying with a student on his last flight before the students’ first solo flight. She was able to rescue the student and aircraft by her quick thinking and piloting. She later became a member of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) and help transport untold number of military aircraft from the factory to various bases for use. She was killed in a crash in 1943 at the age of 24. But she is not as well known as other heros on that day. There have been several good stories about her and actions<\/a> that she did that day. <\/p>\n

\nAs Cornelia and her student were turning to align with the runway, Cornelia saw off to the side a fighter type aircraft coming right at her and her student. Grabbing the flight controls, she pulled up sharply narrowly escaping a collision with the fast moving aircraft. Her first thoughts were of the Army Air Corps pilots who were supposed to avoid the area around John Rodgers airfield but as the aircraft flashed by her, she saw the emblem on the wing was a large red ball, the \u201crising sun\u201d insignia of Japanese Empire, not the star and bar of the US Army Air Corps. As she raised her eyes to Pearl Harbor, the initial plumes of black smoke made her realize that Pearl Harbor was under attack by the Japanese.<\/p>\n

Cornelia immediately turned to get the little Interstate Cadet on the ground. She dodged one set of bullets from at least one pass on her by another Japanese aircraft. On the ground, her and her student quickly jumped out of the plane and ran for the school\u2019s hangar. They were strafed as they were leaving the aircraft but not hit.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But I wanted to emphasis this part for those who are not familiar with military aircraft. Cornelia Fort went against the Mitsubishi A6M Zero<\/a>, one of the most advanced military aircraft at the time in a Interstate Cadet<\/a> and was able live to tell the tale. But here is where is gets interesting. <\/p>\n

Depending on who you talk to, there is a very convincing argument<\/a> that the aircraft used by Cornelia Fort is now currently residing Burlington, Washington. The Interstate Cadet was restored to flight status by the Heritage Flight Museum<\/a>. I ran into it by pure dumb luck. I did not realize what I was seeing until I returned home to upload the photos to Wikipedia commons. Given that this is the 75th anniversary of the attack, I though that this would be a good subject to talk about. Also if you are in the Burlington, Washington feel free to drop by to see this piece of history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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