The Fate Of Swamp Ghost

The Swamp Ghost was en route to the United States Army Air Forces on December 6, 1941, just a day before the attack on Pearl Harbor. As fate decided, it would not fly with the Kangaroo Squadron on that fateful day.

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Instead, it later left California and headed to Hickam Field in Pearl Harbor. From December 1941 until 1942, the crew flew patrol missions for the US Navy. Then, in February 1942, the Japanese invaded Rabaul on New Britain.