Come on you'd have to suspect they're lined up so perfect for a inspection by some high ranking officer.With no radar or CAP, and with all the IJAF aircraft in neat rows waiting for the B17s, there is no need for fighter escort all the way. But anyway, the FEAF should have something, anything beyond leaving their aircraft in neat rows awaiting the IJAF strike. With the RAF doing the same in Malaya, is there no one who can properly disperse aircraft?
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You can see some of the revetments they're probably normally parked in in the background.