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UNITED STATES PACIFIC FLEET
AIRCRAFT, BATTLE FORCE
BOMBING SQUADRON SIX
 U. S. S. ENTERPRISE,
At sea,
13 December 1941.
 

REPORT OF PILOT, 6-B-5 - OPERATIONS, SUNDAY, 7 DECEMBER 1941.
0615 (about) Launched with scouting group to search a southeasterly sector in company with 6-S-7 (Lt.(jg) Milton) as substitute for 6-S-18.
0900 Arrived vicinity Barber's Point - nothing sighted. Shifting from homing frequency (KGU) to voice - heard report concerning enemy attack.
0915 Joined 6-S-10 as did other scouts (total 7). Observed unidentified planes rendezvousing in Barber's Point vicinity, alt. 8-10,000 feet. The latter were in two groups of about 15 and 25 planes respectively.
1000 Landed Ewa field - took off immediately for Ford Island. Were fired on when making approach for landing by D.D. and possibly other craft. Returned to Ewa.
1015 Armed with 500 pound bomb and full gas load.
1100 Took off to rendezvous with Army attack group. One burst A.A. near Ford Island. Instructed to land at Ford Island. Landing at 1130.
1230 Took off in company 6-S-1 for unsuccessful 200 mile search north of Oahu.
1530 Landed Ford Island - serviced and secured plane.
(Signed) E. J. KROEGER
Ensign, A-V(N), U.S.N.R.

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