The Pursuit Officer on duty was Lieutenant Kermit Tyler, an army air forces pilot. It was his second day on the job and he thought that the planes spotted on radar were US Army air force B-17 heavy bombers on their way to Hickam Field from California. He made the famous statement, “Don’t worry about it”. It was a fatal mistake.
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