I traded shots with a couple local thieves on that beach late one night after they stole the A/C unit from the projection room and were dragging it to the nearby village! We won, A/C recovered.
Couple times at the range other shooters would ask, "Can I shoot my rifle thru your chrono?"
"Nope. But I'll shoot it for you."
That way if it's destroyed it's my fault, not somebody else's.
Jack, I was working Base Police on Kadena that day, and remember hearing about the crash. We worked the base side, not the flightline, so I didn't actually see the plane.
It is a very early (probably 1946) post-WWII transitional .38 M&P. It has the large ejector rod knob, and a one-line address on the right side.
Nice score for that price.
I've had several modded Seikos from Yobokies (Harold Ng) in Hong Kong.
Picked out the parts I wanted from his options menus and got exactly what I wanted.
I've read all of his books, got most of them on my bookshelf in hardback.
As a young cop in the 1970s I enjoyed them immensely.
RIP; you gave me a lot of reading enjoyment.