' s ▁prop eller ▁had ▁sufficient ▁speed ▁for ▁take off . ▁" H av il and ▁clim bed ▁into ▁the ▁co ck pit ▁and ▁rev ved ▁and ▁rac ed ▁the ▁plane ' s ▁motor ▁until ▁it ▁seemed ▁to ▁the ▁nearby ▁sail ors ▁that ▁the ▁prop ▁bl ast ▁and ▁v ibration ▁would ▁te ar ▁the ▁fus el age ▁apart . ▁Hav il and ▁sign aled ▁for ▁the ▁c ables ▁to ▁be ▁released . ▁The ▁stra ining ▁aircraft ▁ro ared ▁down ▁the ▁run way , ▁dropped ▁precip it ously ▁toward ▁the ▁sea , ▁then ▁clim bed ▁into ▁the ▁sky ." ▁ ▁L t . ▁Hav il and ▁subsequently ▁served ▁on ▁the ▁USS ▁Oklahoma , ▁whose ▁fate ▁would ▁end ▁at ▁Pear l ▁Har bor ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 1 . ▁In ▁ 1 9 4 2 , ▁Hav il and ▁became ▁the ▁Executive ▁Officer ▁assigned ▁to ▁the ▁establishment ▁of ▁a ▁Naval ▁Air ▁Station ▁on ▁Wh id bey ▁Island , ▁Washington ▁which ▁was ▁commission ed ▁ 2 1 ▁Sept ▁ 1 9 4 2 . ▁He ▁assumed ▁the ▁role ▁of ▁Command ing ▁Officer ▁of ▁that ▁station ▁in ▁November , ▁ 1 9 4 3 ▁upon ▁the ▁det achment ▁of ▁the ▁previous ▁CO , ▁Captain ▁Cy ril ▁T . ▁Sim ard . ▁ ▁On ▁ 1 8 ▁February ▁ 1 9 4 4 ▁Captain ▁Will is ▁B . ▁Hav il and ▁was ▁appointed ▁the ▁role ▁officially ▁by ▁the ▁Bureau ▁of ▁Person nel , ▁which ▁he ▁held ▁until ▁ 1 ▁Sept ▁ 1 9 4 4 ▁when ▁his