On 27 December 1935, the Mauna Loa volcano on the island of Hawaii erupted, threatening the city of Hilo.
V-1 flying bomb | The Sabre Squadron | bomb | No. 33 Squadron RAF | No. 263 Squadron RAF | Bomb the Bass | squadron | Pacific Squadron | laser-guided bomb | No. 45 Squadron RAF | No. 127 Squadron RAF | No. 617 Squadron RAF | No. 43 Squadron RAF | No. 38 Squadron RAF | No. 107 Squadron RAF | German East Asia Squadron | Far East Squadron | Bomb | Tsunami Bomb | Squadron (aviation) | Soviet atomic bomb project | No. 77 Squadron RAAF | No. 71 Squadron RAF | No. 49 Squadron RAF | No. 48 Squadron RAF | No. 2 Squadron RAF | No. 233 Squadron RAF | No. 133 Squadron RAF | Asiatic Squadron | 44th Fighter Squadron |
In August 1923 he went to Luke Field, Hawaii, for duty with the 23d Bomb Squadron, assuming command of it the following July.