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Squadron Of ‘Bat-Men’ Defended 1940s California

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A real-life Bat-Man, and his bat-men, defended California in January 1942

Source: Dateline Zero

Following the Pearl Harbor attack, defending the Pacific coast from Japanese invasion was at the forefront of the California State Guard.

The U.S. had entered a new age of fear and worry. It was also an age of inventiveness — particularly when it came to national defense. (SEE: “U.S. planned exploding bats against Japan in WWII“)

In this historical context, it might make sense that the California State Guard organized just such a unit of “bat-man” paratroopers to defend the entire state from threats both foreign and domestic.

Mickey Morgan, a famous jumper who made an entire career testing various wingsuits, was chosen by the California State Guard to lead a unit of “bat-man” paratroopers in 1942. “Bat-wings, it is claimed, makes paratroops more maneuverable-and swifter,” reported Mechanix Illustrated in January 1942.

Incidentally, that same magazine made a prediction on bat wings earlier, in a August 1941 article titled “Yankee Ingenuity Vs. Hitler!

Here’s a cool bit of history: The military expert who helped Mechanix Illustrated forecast the use of bat wings for military applications is one Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson. Well, a few years before helping to inspire real-life “bat-men,” he founded a comic book company called National Allied Publications — which later would evolve into DC Comics.

Full article at Dateline Zero



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