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我继续阅读1940年代及1950年代的英文报纸。

聽說在1940年代尾，某三月，USAAF曾經有五架戰機在九州上空賽飛機。
A-20, A-26, P-38, P-51, P-61.
在九州南端排成一條橫線後，盡快返歸到福岡県芦屋基地。

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Another incident involving Captain Behnke was his involvement in an "unofficial" airplane race that took place in Japan that March.
Behnke still remembers it well: This began up at Ashiya, Japan, where Lt. Larry Lackey and our P-61s were located at that time.
Larry was drinking with members of the various other squadrons stationed there and bragging to them just how great the P-61 Black Widow was.
Naturally, the other units were not impressed with the wonder machine; to them their own aircraft were much better.
By the end of the evening a "race" was organized between all parties.
The race would include a P-51, a P-38, an A-20, an A-26, and of course the P-61.
The date, time, and course were soon set up, and as far as I remember there was a lot of betting all around.
There were more or less a lot of people involved.
All this without a word to higher headquarters, who most likely would have killed the plan.
The course would start on the southern end of Kyushu, where all the aircraft would line up abreast to start, and the course would end on the deck at Ashiya.