Sikorsky S-43 “Baby Clipper”- Roger’s Airport is now today’s Honolulu International Airport, This I.I.A. S-43 is being fueled

Roger's Airport is now today's

Honolulu International Airport. In 1941 Inter-Island Airways, (today's

Hawaiian Airlines) was phasing in

new DC-3's. On December 7, when Pearl Harbor was attacked, a Japanese Zero flew by strafing Rogers Airport and struck their DC-3 in the cockpit,

setting it afire. Coming back for a

second pass, the Zero struck the cockpit again, this time setting off a fire extinguisher, which put the fire out.

From "Ripley's Believe It Or Not!"

The S-43 was called a "Baby Clipper"

This I.I.A. S-43 is being fueled at Rogers Airport

The S-43 in Hawaii

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The Sikorsky S-43 "Baby Clipper". The S-43 was called a "Baby Clipper" This I.I.A. S-43 is getting fueled at Rogers Airport. Roger's Airport is now today's Honolulu International Airport. In 1941 Inter-Island Airways, (today's Hawaiian Airlines) was phasing in new DC-3's. On December 7, when Pearl Harbor was attacked, a Japanese Zero flew by strafing Rogers Airport and struck their DC-3 in the cockpit, setting it afire. Coming back for a second pass, the Zero struck the cockpit again, this time setting off a fire extinguisher, which put the fire out. From "Ripley's Believe It Or Not!"