# On December 7th 1941, an airplane took The Long Way Home

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**Created:** [June 5, 2023, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-december-7th-1941-an-airplane-took-the-long-way-home/985006 "2023-06-05T02:13:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2023, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-december-7th-1941-an-airplane-took-the-long-way-home/985006/1 "2023-06-05T02:13:54Z")

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Around the World. Unplanned & Unprepared.  
It would be a hellava Indiana Jone film, but it was real.  
[THE LONG WAY HOME, 1941](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hW03fbBHDNI&ab_channel=PaperSkies)