Lambrecht’s landing at Hull made sense only because there were
people there who could come in a canoe to talk to him. Landing a float plane
in one of those lagoons leaves you stranded out in the middle of the lagoon,
unable to get anywhere near the shore for fear of running aground, and forced
to keep the engine running to keep from drifting into a coral head and holing
a float (in which case you would really be in deep trouble). Even in those
days before modern SAR techniques, losing people and assets while looking
for lost people and assets is not a good equation. |
Why didn’t the Navy pilots land
at Gardner Island, since the report says the lagoon is deep enough and big
enough, and Lambrecht landed at Hull? 
