as it was gathering this materiel, "wyman's" motor whaler was strafed by two planes from "hoggatt bay", whose pilots had mistaken the boat for a surfaced submarine. (according to my father who was on the motor launch, wyman's captain broke radio silence and informed the hoggatt bay, that if their planes made another pass on his men, the wyman would "open fire" on them.) there were no fatalities, and the injured men were soon transferred to "hoggatt bay" for medical treatment. oil from the sunken submarine — later identified by a post-war examination of japanese records as — continued to bubble up in copious quantities into the next day. satisfied that the kill was definite, "wyman" rejoined tg 12.2 and arrived at eniwetok on 22 july.