User contributions for 2A02:C7F:C4E:3A00:FA1E:DFFF:FEEE:A566

10 November 2018

• 20:1920:19, 10 November 2018 diff hist −2 Thranduil →Adaptations
• 03:3903:39, 10 November 2018 diff hist +155 Action off Bougainville →Battle
• 03:2903:29, 10 November 2018 diff hist +2 Edward O'Hare →Medal of Honor flight
• 03:2203:22, 10 November 2018 diff hist +1 Edward O'Hare →Medal of Honor flight
• 03:1903:19, 10 November 2018 diff hist +5 Edward O'Hare →Medal of Honor flight
• 03:1503:15, 10 November 2018 diff hist +3 Action off Bougainville →Battle
• 03:1503:15, 10 November 2018 diff hist +6 Edward O'Hare →Medal of Honor flight
• 03:1203:12, 10 November 2018 diff hist +1,370 Edward O'Hare →World War II service: Changed the dogfight details, as Lundstrom's later work is more reliable than Bloody Shambles, which is based on his earlier, inaccurate assertions. Also, the line about Gayler shooting down Mori (who survived) is just wrong.
• 02:4902:49, 10 November 2018 diff hist 0 Action off Bougainville →Battle
• 02:4202:42, 10 November 2018 diff hist −11 Action off Bougainville →Books
• 02:4102:41, 10 November 2018 diff hist −30 Action off Bougainville →Books
• 02:4002:40, 10 November 2018 diff hist −5 Action off Bougainville →Battle
• 02:3902:39, 10 November 2018 diff hist 0 Action off Bougainville →Books
• 02:3802:38, 10 November 2018 diff hist +294 Action off Bougainville →Books: Added Fateful Rendezvous
• 02:3402:34, 10 November 2018 diff hist +44 Action off Bougainville →Battle: Forgot one reference. Sorry.
• 02:3202:32, 10 November 2018 diff hist +1 Action off Bougainville →Battle
• 02:3202:32, 10 November 2018 diff hist +2,632 Action off Bougainville →Battle: Redoing the events of O'Hare vs the 1st Chutai, as the info is outdated compared to Lundstrom and Ewing's later work on the subject (he admits his work in First Team, where the kill attributions are taken from, is inaccurate). Also substituted the Japanese rank terms for English language equivalents, so they can be comprehensible to those who don't know what they represent. Also, several statements are plain wrong - Gayler shooting down Mori, for instance.
• 00:5100:51, 10 November 2018 diff hist +1 Action off Bougainville →Battle
• 00:4900:49, 10 November 2018 diff hist +1,491 Action off Bougainville →Battle: The 2nd Chutai's section needed expansion - leaving it where it was left out important details
• 00:1500:15, 10 November 2018 diff hist +1 Action off Bougainville No edit summary
• 00:1400:14, 10 November 2018 diff hist +1 Action off Bougainville Changed "lowest rank" - a bit condescending - to enlisted man, and restructured the sentence.
• 00:1000:10, 10 November 2018 diff hist 0 Action off Bougainville Ito commanded the aircraft, but the pilot was Warrant Officer Chuzo Watanabe
• 00:0700:07, 10 November 2018 diff hist −4 USS Lexington (CV-2) →World War II: Link is for the wrong VF-3 (disbanded 1924). As no page exists for the right squadron, I'm breaking it.

9 November 2018

• 23:5623:56, 9 November 2018 diff hist +12 Leonard W. Thornhill →Second day of the battle: Streamlined the carrier names
• 01:4601:46, 9 November 2018 diff hist +34 Richard S. Bull Modified the Shokaku reference
• 01:4401:44, 9 November 2018 diff hist +1 Richard S. Bull →References: Spaced them out
• 01:4301:43, 9 November 2018 diff hist +87 Richard S. Bull →References
• 01:4001:40, 9 November 2018 diff hist +4 USS Richard S. Bull Bull was a lieutenant, not an ensign, when he died.
• 01:3901:39, 9 November 2018 diff hist −10 Richard S. Bull Bull was a lieutenant, not an ensign, when he died.
• 01:3401:34, 9 November 2018 diff hist +171 Richard S. Bull →References: Printed source
• 01:2801:28, 9 November 2018 diff hist +410 Richard S. Bull Bull's squadron, VF-2, was not on Lexington for the early raids - they were subbed by VF-3 while the converted from Buffalos to Wildcats. Also, the Coral Sea section needed expansion.
• 00:5500:55, 9 November 2018 diff hist +20 Battle of Midway →Attacks on the Japanese fleet: One of VT-6's planes escaped the battle, but ditched later (the crew was rescued after 14 days). Also, someone put VT-6 for VF-6 - quite a big difference.
• 00:4800:48, 9 November 2018 diff hist −19 VT-8 →Midway: Ferrier's later rank isn't really relevant
• 00:4700:47, 9 November 2018 diff hist −53 John C. Waldron →At Midway: Changed the sentence structure to give the proper perspective
• 00:4300:43, 9 November 2018 diff hist +3 George H. Gay Jr. →World War II: VT-8 attacked Soryu, not Kaga, although this was reported at the time.
• 00:4000:40, 9 November 2018 diff hist −14 Robert K. Huntington Where does this fuel assumption come from? If anything, the fighters would have the biggest problem with fuel, and indeed, they did on the day. TBDs were known to have quite a long range. Also, that last sentence needs redoing.
• 00:3400:34, 9 November 2018 diff hist +28 James C. Owens Jr. VT-8 did nothing to reduce Japanese air cover, but did delay their strike preparations
• 00:3000:30, 9 November 2018 diff hist −49 Ulvert M. Moore VT-8 attacked Soryu, not Akagi. Sounds like someone's using outdated sources.
• 00:2800:28, 9 November 2018 diff hist −14 Henry R. Kenyon Jr. Again, what's this nonsense about a lack of fuel? Who wrote this?
• 00:2200:22, 9 November 2018 diff hist +29 Harold John Ellison →Naval career: Again, fuel wasn't an issue - TBDs had the longest range out of the three types of US carrier aircraft. Also, too many references and assumptions, and, unfortunately, VT-8 did nothing to directly assist the dive-bombing attack an hour later
• 00:0800:08, 9 November 2018 diff hist +38 VT-8 →Midway: Manning should be in the second category - the Avenger detachment.
• 00:0100:01, 9 November 2018 diff hist −15 Battle of the Eastern Solomons →Carrier action on 24 August: The statement is incorrect - one TBF crew was recovered, but the five fighter pilots were all lost. One crew cannot be described as "most". This statement is even stranger, as Hammel (who is cited) makes specific references to each case.

8 November 2018

• 23:5823:58, 8 November 2018 diff hist +4 Battle of the Eastern Solomons →Carrier action on 24 August: With the five Zero aborts, that means 37 aircraft reached the target zone, not 42
• 23:5423:54, 8 November 2018 diff hist +81 Battle of the Eastern Solomons →Carrier action on 24 August: Five of the 15 first wave Zeros aborted their mission to chase the scouts - as veterans of Midway and Coral Sea, they knew the danger posed by dive bombers
• 23:5023:50, 8 November 2018 diff hist −47 Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands →Carrier action on 26 October: first strikes: The job of the two Nakajimas was not command and control, but simply to maintain contact, report updates, and guide further strikes to the target.
• 23:4623:46, 8 November 2018 diff hist +111 Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands →Carrier action on 26 October: first strikes: Zeros in the second wave numbered 5 from Shokaku and 4 from Zuikaku. Also, it doesn't mention that the Zuiho Zeros withdrew after attacking the Enterprise strike.
• 22:0422:04, 8 November 2018 diff hist −2 Air Algérie Flight 5017 →Sequence of events based on FDR analysis
• 21:5921:59, 8 November 2018 diff hist −4 Air Algérie Flight 5017 →Passengers and crew

27 October 2018

• 22:4722:47, 27 October 2018 diff hist +570 Mouk The broadcast date for Turtle Time was in the episode description section, so I moved it over, and provided appropriate text for the now-empty space. Also corrected some spelling and description issues, and added the character of Sidney to recurring roles.

13 October 2018

• 23:4923:49, 13 October 2018 diff hist −2 List of Night Man episodes →Season 1 (1997–98): "Freezes" doesn't make sense, as they're already in suspended animation. "Frees" would be more apt.