Finding The Fault
So Iwasaki started to work, and it wasn’t long before he discovered the critical single-digit inaccuracy. Apparently, a transcription error had occurred in a report that had been radioed into Sasebo from Naha on February 27, 1944 — just a couple of days after the Grayback had returned to base for the final time during World War II. A Nakajima B5N bomber that had taken off from an aircraft carrier launched an attack on the target, according to the relevant Japanese statement.
Finding The Fault
100-Mile Error
In an interview with The New York Times published in November of this year, Iwasaki stated that in that radio recording, there was a longitude and a latitude of the assault, both of which are rather well documented. According to the Navy, these coordinates pointed to a position that was more than 100 miles away from the one that the United States Navy had believed to be the accurate location since 1949, which was unexpected.
100 Mile Error
